The writing and publication of The Bane Chronicles in 2014 was a shot across the bow: a book unapologetically about Magnus, his life and loves of both genders and his eventual commitment to Alec. It did modestly well—well enough for me to feel like the time had come to do something I had always wanted, and tell a swashbuckling romantic fantasy story in which Magnus and Alec were the protagonists. I had already left a gap for that story to take place—the “vacation” Magnus and Alec take during City of Fallen Angels, during which their relationship clearly deepened in seriousness. We knew they’d rollicked across Europe—but what happened exactly? This book aims to tell that story. So thank you to my friends and family who supported me during the writing process, to my publisher for taking a chance, to my editor and agent, and to my cowriter, Wesley Chu. And thanks above all to Alec and Magnus and to those who’ve loved and supported them over the years. In 2015, a Texan librarian took one of my cowriters aside at a convention and told her that The Bane Chronicles was the only LGBTQ+-led book she was allowed to have in her library. All others were ruled out as “inappropriate,” but as kids who were Shadowhunters fans persistently asked their parents for the book, she was told she could make an exception. Thank you above all to the kids who asked, and to that librarian and all other librarians, teachers, and booksellers who get the right books into the right hands. And let us hope for a world in which someday everyone knows that LGBTQ+-led books are not only “appropriate” but necessary. —C. C. THE RED SCROLLS OF MAGIC was written during a time of significant transition. Before I was asked to cowrite Magnus and Alec’s story, I thought my heart was full living in Chicago with my wife, Paula, and our Airedale terrier, Eva. Then we welcomed our son, Hunter, to the world and moved cross-country to Los Angeles, and like the Grinch who stole Christmas’s, my heart grew three sizes and burst out of my chest. These past few years during the time I worked on this book have been the most fulfilling and challenging in my life, both personally as
well as professionally, and I feel that my growing capacity to love and what I feel for my family, my new home, and this project shows on these pages. I am grateful to my beautiful wife, Paula, for showing me what unconditional love and support looks like, and for offering eternal patience as I spent the thousands of hours on the keyboard. I am also grateful to my parents and in-laws for helping take care of Hunter, which gave me the time and space to dedicate my thoughts to Magnus and Alec. Thanks also to my agent, Russ Galen, for believing in me enough to trust me with this project, and to the teams at Simon & Schuster for making everything else happen. The love and dedication of the Shadowhunter fans never ceases to amaze and inspire me. Thank you. We’re all in this together. Burn strong. Burn vividly. A very special thank-you to Cassie for allowing me to help tell Magnus’s story. This has been one of the most rewarding experiences of my life, and I am truly honored and blessed to be a part of something as special as the Shadowhunter universe. Lastly I have to acknowledge Magnus and Alec. Your love is an inspiration and a beacon to so many. May your first days until your last days shine equally bright. —W. C.
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About the Authors CASSANDRA CLARE is the #1 New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of Lady Midnight, Lord of Shadows, and Queen of Air and Darkness, and the internationally bestselling Mortal Instruments series and Infernal Devices trilogy. She is the coauthor of The Bane Chronicles with Sarah Rees Brennan and Maureen Johnson and Tales from the Shadowhunter Academy with Sarah Rees Brennan, Maureen Johnson, and Robin Wasserman, as well as The Shadowhunter’s Codex, which she cowrote with her husband, Joshua Lewis. Her books have more than fifty million copies in print worldwide and have been translated into more than thirty-five languages and been made into a feature film and a TV show. Cassandra lives in western Massachusetts. Visit her at CassandraClare.com. Learn more about the world of the Shadowhunters at Shadowhunters.com. WESLEY CHU won the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer. His debut novel, The Lives of Tao, earned him a YALSA Alex Award and a Science Fiction Goodreads Choice Award Top 10 slot. Visit him at wesleychu.com. Visit us at simonandschuster.com/teen Authors.SimonandSchuster.com/Cassandra-Clare Authors.SimonandSchuster.com/Wesley-Chu Margaret K. McElderry Books Simon & Schuster, New York
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MARGARET K. McELDERRY BOOKS An imprint of Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing Division 1230 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York 10020 www.SimonandSchuster.com This book is a work of fiction. Any references to historical events, real people, or real places are used fictitiously. Other names, characters, places, and events are products of the author’s imagination, and any resemblance to actual events or places or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental. Text copyright © 2019 by Cassandra Clare, LLC Jacket illustration copyright © 2019 by Anne Lambelet All rights reserved, including the right of reproduction in whole or in part in any form. MARGARET K. McELDERRY BOOKS is a trademark of Simon & Schuster, Inc. For information about special discounts for bulk purchases, please contact Simon & Schuster Special Sales at 1-866-506-1949 or [email protected]. The Simon & Schuster Speakers Bureau can bring authors to your live event. For more information or to book an event, contact the Simon & Schuster Speakers Bureau at 1-866-248-3049 or visit our website at www.simonspeakers.com. Interior design by Mike Rosamilia Jacket design by Russell Gordon Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Names: Clare, Cassandra, author. | Chu, Wesley, author. Title: The red scrolls of magic / Cassandra Clare and Wesley Chu. Description: First edition. | New York : Margaret K. McElderry Books, 2019. | Series: The eldest curses ; book 1 | Summary: High Warlock Magnus Bane learns that a demonworshipping cult, the Crimson Hand, is wreaking havoc across Europe, threatening more than just his romantic getaway with new boyfriend, Alec Lightwood. Identifiers: LCCN 2018030577 (print) | LCCN 2018037578 (eBook) | ISBN 9781481495080 (hardback) | ISBN 9781481495103 (eBook) Subjects: | CYAC: Warlocks—Fiction. | Magic—Fiction. | Cults—Fiction. | Demonology— Fiction. | Gays—Fiction. | Love—Fiction. | Europe—Fiction. Classification: LCC PZ7.C5265 (eBook) | LCC PZ7.C5265 Red 2019 (print) | DDC [Fic]— dc23 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2018030577
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