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 Last Stand of the New York Institute
  
  
    
  
  
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  _( The Bane Chronicles - 9 )_
  
  
  
  
  
  ### Cassandra Clare
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Magnus meets Valentine in battle as the Circle attacks the Downworlders of New
  York City.
  
  
  In the time of the Uprising, Valentine’s Circle goes after Downworlders in New
  York...and the Shadowhunters of the Institute must decide whether to join him,
  or fight with Magnus and his kind. This is the first time Magnus sees Jocelyn,
  Luke, and Stephen—but not the last. It is not long before Jocelyn seeks him
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  ## The Last Stand of the New York Institute
  
  
  ## The Bane Chronicles Part - 9
  
  
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  ## Cassandra Clare
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ## New York City, 1989
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  The man was far too close. He lingered by the postbox about six feet away from
  Magnus and ate a sloppy Gray’s Papaya hot dog covered in chili. When he was
  done, he crumpled the chili-stained wrapper and threw it onto the groun