**What if damnation is the price of true love?** Innocent blood has been spilled on the steps of the Council Hall, the sacred stronghold of the Shadowhunters. In the wake of the tragic death of Livia Blackthorn, the Clave teeters on the brink of civil war. One fragment of the Blackthorn family flees to Los Angeles, seeking to discover the source of the disease that is destroying the race of warlocks. Meanwhile, Julian and Emma take desperate measures to put their forbidden love aside and undertake a perilous mission to Faerie to retrieve the Black Volume of the Dead. What they find in the Courts is a secret that may tear the Shadow World asunder and open a dark path into a future they could never have imagined. Caught in a race against time, Emma and Julian must save the world of Shadowhunters before the deadly power of the *parabatai* curse destroys them and everyone they love. This description comes from the publisher. *Queen of Air and Darkness* is the third book in the Dark Artifices trilogy, the first of which is *Lady Midnight*. It is part of the Shadowhunters world, the first book of which is *City of Bones*.