During the pursuit, an automaton was close enough to kill Tessa before her clockwork angel sprung to action. An automaton attacks the trio and warns Will to stay put unless he wants to see his loved ones killed. While in York, Will finds out that his family, including his sister Cecily are living in Ravenscar Manor, owned by Mortmain. She sends Tessa, Will, and Jem to question Aloysius Starkweather of the York Institute, the Shadowhunter who executed Shade.

Charlotte suspects that Mortmain began a revenge campaign against the Clave after he unsuccessfully filed for Reparations. The Institute begins searching for Mortmain and discovers that his adoptive warlock father, John Shade, the creator of the automatons, and mother, Anne, were killed by the Clave before the Accords were signed. however, Jessamine refuses to attend the training. To further increase the defense of the Institute, Benedict's two sons, Gideon and Gabriel, will be assigned as self-defense tutors for Tessa, Jessamine, and Sophie Collins. Benedict Lightwood, who holds a grudge against Granville Fairchild, Charlotte's father, persuades Consul Wayland to give Charlotte an ultimatum: unless she is able to capture Mortmain within two weeks, she will have to resign as head of the London Institute.

Plot Īfter the events of the previous book, Charlotte Branwell, accompanied by her husband Henry, Tessa Gray, Will Herondale, Jem Carstairs, and Jessamine Lovelace, are called to a Shadowhunters' Council meeting to give testimony regarding her failure to capture Axel Mortmain, the leader of the Pandemonium Club. The book also contains many quotes referring to famous pieces of Victorian literature, for example, Alfred Tennyson's The Palace of Art, Charles Dickens' A Tale of Two Cities, and the works of Samuel Taylor Coleridge.Ī sequel to Clockwork Prince, titled Clockwork Princess, was released on March 19, 2013. Now Tessa and her friends must find Mortmain – an evil industrialist bent on destroying all the Nephilim in the world – or risk losing control of the Institute.

After the recent failings of Charlotte, the head of the London Institute, the Council of Shadowhunters begin to question her ability to lead.

It is the second novel in The Infernal Devices trilogy and is written through the perspective of the protagonist, Tessa Gray, who lives at the London Institute among Shadowhunters, a group of half-angel/half-human beings called Nephilim. Clockwork Prince is a 2011 novel written by Cassandra Clare.

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