title: The Bane Chronicles
author:  Cassandra Clare 
description: Cassandra Clare is the #1<i>New York Times</i>and<i>USA TODAY</i>bestselling author of<i>Lady Midnight</i>,<i>Lord of Shadows</i>, and <i>Queen of Air and Darkness</i>, as well as the internationally bestselling Mortal Instruments series and Infernal Devices trilogy. She is the coauthor of<i>The Bane Chronicles</i>with Sarah Rees Brennan and Maureen Johnson and<i>Tales from the Shadowhunter Academy</i>with Sarah Rees Brennan, Maureen Johnson, and Robin Wasserman. Her books have more than 50 million copies in print worldwide and have been translated into more than thirty-five languages and made into a feature film and a TV show. Cassandra lives in western Massachusetts. Visit her at CassandraClare.com. Learn more about the world of the Shadowhunters at Shadowhunters.com.
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  ## The Runaway Queen
  
  
    
  
  
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  _( The Bane Chronicles - 2 )_
  
  
  
  
  
  ### Cassandra Clare
  
  
  ### Maureen Johnson
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  **Magnus Bane has a royal role in the French Revolution—if the angry mobs
  don’t spoil his spells. One of ten adventures in The Bane Chronicles.**
  
  
  
  
  
  While in France, immortal warlock Magnus Bane finds himself attempting to
  rescue the royal family from the horrors of the French Revolution—after being
  roped into this mess by a most attractive count. Naturally, the daring escape
  calls for invisible air balloons…
  
  
  This standalone e-only short story illuminates the life of the enigmatic
  Magnus Bane, whose alluring personality populates the pages of the #1 _New
  York Times_ bestselling series, The Mortal Instruments and The Infernal
  Devices series. This story in The Bane Chronicles, _The Runaway Queen_ , is
  written by Maureen Johnson and Cassandra Clare.
  
  
    
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ## The Runaway Queen
  
  
  ## The Bane C