City of Bones is a fantasy novel written by Cassandra Clare. It was first published in 2007 by Simon and Schuster. It is the first book in the Shadowhunter series. Book two, City of Ashes, was released in 2008 and book three, City of Glass, was released in 2009. The fourth book in the series, City of Fallen Angels, will be released March 11th, 2011. Cassandra Clare is also writing a three book series that will be a prequel to the Shadowhunter series. The first of these three books, The Clockwork Angel, will be released September 7th, 2010.   City of Bones features Clary Fray, a young urban girl, who finds herself surrounded by faeries, vampires, werewolves, warlocks, demons, and shadowhunters when she gets caught up in the Downworld of New York. Clary’s best friend, Simon, gets dragged into this world when he tries to help her. Together they join up with Jace and the other Nephilim (Shadowhunters) who fight the demons that want to destroy her world. As they face off against evil a love triangle forms and Clary finds that she may have a strong connection with Jace that no one knows about.