Tales from the Shadowhunter Academy

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Tales from the Shadowhunter Academy
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First print edition
Authors Cassandra Clare, Sarah Rees Brennan, Maureen Johnson, Robin Wasserman
Cover artist Cliff Nielsen
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Publisher Margaret K. McElderry Books
Publication date
February 17 – November 17, 2015 (print edition November 15, 2016)
Media typePrint, ebook, audiobook
Pages655

Tales from the Shadowhunter Academy or simply called Shadowhunter Academy is a series of connected novellas featuring the character of Simon Lewis from Cassandra Clare's best-selling The Mortal Instruments series. It consists of ten novellas written by Cassandra Clare in collaboration with other authors that were published online on a monthly basis. Tales from the Shadowhunter Academy was released in print on November 15, 2016.

Contents

Novellas

Plot

Simon Lewis, who was a mundane in City of Bones , then a vampire from the middle of City of Ashes until almost the end of City of Heavenly Fire has been stripped of his memories by a greater demon in the final volume of The Mortal Instruments . In order to retrieve his memories, he decides to become a Shadowhunter, but he must first train at the Shadowhunter Academy.

The collection contains characters from The Mortal Instruments and The Infernal Devices and reveals the history of some famous Shadowhunters like Michael Wayland, Stephen Herondale and Robert Lightwood. Simon learns about the history of Shadowhunters through guest lecturers like Jace Herondale, Tessa Gray and Catarina Loss. [14]

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References

  1. "Welcome to Shadowhunter Academy".
  2. Academy, Sahdowhunter (15 November 2016). Shadowhunter Academy. Simon Schuster. p. 656. Retrieved 17 March 2016.
  3. "The Lost Herondale".
  4. Academy, Sahdowhunter (15 November 2016). Shadowhunter Academy. Simon Schuster. p. 656. Retrieved 17 March 2016.
  5. "The Whitechapel Fiend".
  6. Academy, Sahdowhunter (15 November 2016). Shadowhunter Academy. Simon Schuster. p. 656. Retrieved 17 March 2016.
  7. "Nothing but Shadows".
  8. "The Evil We Love".
  9. "Pale Kings and Princes".
  10. "Bitter of Tongue".
  11. "The Fiery Trial".
  12. "Born to Endless Night".
  13. "Angels Twice Descending".
  14. Clare, Cassandra; Brennan, Sarah Rees; Johnson, Maureen; Wasserman, Robin (15 November 2016). Tales from the Shadowhunter Academy. ISBN   978-1481443258.