"Join Simon [Lewis] on his journey to become a Shadowhunter, and learn about the Academy's illustrious hisotyr along the way, through guest lecturers... These ten moving and hilarious short stories give a satisfying epilogue to the 'Mortal instruments' series and provide tantalizing glimpses of what's in store in the Dark Artifices"--Front jacket flap.

Welcome to Shadowhunter Academy -- The lost Herondale -- The Whitechapel fiend -- Nothing but shadows -- The evil we love -- Pale kings and princes -- Bitter of tongue -- The fiery trial -- Born to endless night -- Angels twice descending.