THE LOST BOOK OF THE WHITE, VOLUME 2 ( ELDEST CURSES #2 )

u003cbu003eFrom #1 u003ciu003eNew York Timesu003c/iu003e bestselling authors Cassandra Clare and Wesley Chu comes the second book in the Eldest Curses series and a thrilling new adventure for High Warlock Magnus Bane and Alec Lightwood, for whom a death-defying mission into the heart of evil is not just a job, it's also a romantic getaway. u003ciu003eThe Lost Book of the Whiteu003c/iu003e is a Shadowhunters novel.u003c/bu003eu003cbru003eu003cbru003eLife is good for Magnus Bane and Alec Lightwood. They're living together in a fabulous loft, their warlock son, Max, has started learning to walk, and the streets of New York are peaceful and quiet—as peaceful and quiet as they ever are, anyway.u003cbru003e u003cbru003eUntil the night that two old acquaintances break into Magnus's apartment and steal the powerful Book of the White. Now Magnus and Alec will have to drop everything to get it back. They need to follow the thieves to Shanghai, they need to call some backup to accompany them, and they need a babysitter.u003cbru003e u003cbru003eAlso, someone has stabbed Magnus with a strange magical weapon and the wound is glowing, so they have that to worry about too.u003cbru003e u003cbru003eFortunately, their backup consists of Clary, Jace, Isabelle, and newly minted Shadowhunter Simon. In Shanghai, they learn that a much darker threat awaits them. Magnus's magic is growing unstable, and if they can't stop the demons flooding into the city, they might have to follow them all the way back to the source—the realm of the dead. Can they stop the threat to the world? Will they make it back home before their kid completely wears out Alec's mom?