title: Lord of Shadows (The Dark Artifices)
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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  By Kathryn Le Veque
  
    
  
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  Copyright 2010 by Kathryn Le Veque  
  All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any
  manner whatsoever without written permission, except in the case of brief
  quotations embodied in critical articles or reviews.  
    
  Printed by Dragonblade Publishing in the United States of America  
    
  
  Text copyright 2010 by Kathryn Le Veque  
  Cover copyright 2010 by Kathryn Le Veque
  
    
  
  Dedicated to my mother, Sylvia Bouse
  
    
  
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  **Other Kathryn Le Veque titles include**
  
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  _Resurrection_
  
   _Lady of Heaven_
  
   _The Crusader_
  
   _Kingdom Come_
  
   _The Legend_
  
   _The Titan_
  
   _Steps of Glory_
  
   _The Dark Lord_
  
   _Guardian of Darkness_
  
   _The White Lord of Wellesbourne_
  
   _The Dark Knight_
  
   _Spectre of the Sword_
  
   _The Whispering Night_
  
    
  
   **The Dragonblade Series**
  
   _Dragonblade_
  
   _Island of Glass_
  
   _The Savage Curtain_
  
    
  
   **Kathlyn Trent/Marcus Burton Adventure Series**
  
   