Clockwork Princess
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Clockwork Princess is a fantasy novel written by Cassandra Clare. It is the third and final installment of The Infernal Devices trilogy. It is written in the third person through the perspective of the main protagonist, Tessa Gray, who resides in the Shadowhunter's London Institute. This final installment follows Tessa and her friends as they face off against the series main antagonist, The Magister (also known as Axel Mortmain), who plans to completely obliterate the Shadowhunter race.
Two months after the events of the previous book, Tessa Gray is in the midst of preparing for her wedding to Jem Carstairs. Gabriel Lightwood arrives at the Institute and requests help in taking care of his father, Benedict, whose demon pox has turned him into a worm, killing the Lightwood's servants and Rupert Blackthorn, the husband of his sister, Tatiana. At the end, Gabriel and his brother, Gideon, have no choice but to kill their father, creating a rift between the brothers and Tatiana. Gabriel moves to the London Institute and develops a relationship with Will Herondale's sister, Cecily, who has also taken residence in the Institute after failing to convince Will to return home, much to Will's annoyance.
Jem gets sick faster and Will realizes that he has taken an unusually higher dosage of yin fen so he can stay stronger for the wedding. However, Axel Mortmain has bought all of London's stock of yin fen, wanting to blackmail the Institute into handing over Tessa in exchange for the drug. Jem refuses to even consider the offer and convinces Tessa to do the same, so they decide to move the date of their wedding earlier. Meanwhile, Consul Josiah Wayland, now increasingly frustrated by Charlotte Branwell's refusal to be his lapdog, attempts to convince Gideon and Gabriel to betray her in exchange for the Lightwood's honor to be restored. Gideon steadfastly refuses, but Gabriel has to go through some time before he finally chooses to side with Charlotte.
After undergoing trials at Silent City, Jessamine Lovelace is sent back to the London Institute. On the day of her arrival, automatons and Mrs. Black attack the Institute and mortally wounds Jessamine before taking Tessa away. Before she dies, she leaves clues for Will and Cecily about where Mortmain is taking Tessa to: Cadair Idris.
Jem collapses from his illness and learns about Will's unrequited love for Tessa, before urging him to save her in his stead. While Will is on his way, he feels his parabatai bond with Jem severed and realizes that Jem is gone. Back at the Institute, Charlotte's attempt to rally the Enclave to support her fails, managing only to gather Sophie, Cecily, Gideon, Gabriel, Magnus Bane, and three Silent Brothers for the mission to stop Mortmain. Henry and Magnus create a device capable of transporting people through great distances, dubbed as the Portal. Meanwhile, Wayland gathers the Clave for an emergency meeting to depose Charlotte, only for the automatons to attack them and kill him and Aloysius Starkweather.
On the way to Wales, Tessa briefly frees herself from Mrs. Black, now only a disembodied head, and discovers that her clockwork angel pendant holds an essence of the angel Ithuriel. Upon arrival at Cadair Idris, Tessa is forced to shapeshift into John Shade and teach Mortmain how to create automatons capable of carrying demonic spirits. He reveals that Tessa was born to a Greater Demon father and a Shadowhunter mother, a feat normally impossible since demon-nephilim children are usually born dead. By switching Elizabeth Gray with Adele Starkweather, Aloysius' granddaughter who died when she was young, Elizabeth became a Shadowhunter who was not marked, and by giving her the protection of Ithuriel, and the fact that Elizabeth was not marked, Tessa could be delivered alive.
Mortmain arranged for Tessa to start a new race of demon-nephilim hybrids. Will reunites with Tessa. The two meet up with Charlotte and the others, and begin battling with Mortmain's automatons, learning to their shock that one of the Silent Brothers, Brother Zachariah, is Jem. Henry is gravely wounded and left paraplegic, even after Magnus successfully saved him. As Tessa is about to be captured by Mortmain, she shapeshifts into Ithuriel himself and incinerates Mortmain, before falling unconscious for several days.
Upon her recovery, Jem now Brother Zachariah, visits Tessa and promises to meet her every year for an hour at Blackfriars Bridge before departing for Silent City.
Charlotte is offered the job of Consul and plans to train Will to succeed her as head of the London Institute. Gideon proposes to Sophie and accompanies her as Sophie undergoes Ascension to become a Shadowhunter. At the Christmas celebration of that year, Magnus leaves for the New World and makes Will promise to find his own happiness. Will takes this advice and proposes to Tessa, who accepts. Subsequently, Will and Cecily introduce Tessa and Gabriel, respectively, to their parents.
In the years that follow, Tessa marries Will and has a son named after Jem, James Herondale. Later, they also have a daughter Lucie Herondale. However, she does not grow old with Will, as she is immortal, and has to watch as Henry and Gideon pass away, before Will follows them in 1937. Afterwards, Tessa leaves her family for good, unable to see any more of her loved ones dying, and becomes a wanderer, though she continues to keep in touch with Jem every year. In 2008, more than seventy years after Will died, Tessa is shocked to see that Jem is no longer a Silent Brother, thanks to a twist of events. Although she is wary of having to see him grow old again, she nevertheless wants to travel the world once more with him.
Two months after the events of the previous book, Tessa Gray is in the midst of preparing for her wedding to Jem Carstairs. Gabriel Lightwood arrives at the Institute and requests help in taking care of his father, Benedict, whose demon pox has turned him into a worm, killing the Lightwood's servants and Rupert Blackthorn, the husband of his sister, Tatiana. At the end, Gabriel and his brother, Gideon, have no choice but to kill their father, creating a rift between the brothers and Tatiana. Gabriel moves to the London Institute and develops a relationship with Will Herondale's sister, Cecily, who has also taken residence in the Institute after failing to convince Will to return home, much to Will's annoyance.
Jem gets sick faster and Will realizes that he has taken an unusually higher dosage of yin fen so he can stay stronger for the wedding. However, Axel Mortmain has bought all of London's stock of yin fen, wanting to blackmail the Institute into handing over Tessa in exchange for the drug. Jem refuses to even consider the offer and convinces Tessa to do the same, so they decide to move the date of their wedding earlier. Meanwhile, Consul Josiah Wayland, now increasingly frustrated by Charlotte Branwell's refusal to be his lapdog, attempts to convince Gideon and Gabriel to betray her in exchange for the Lightwood's honor to be restored. Gideon steadfastly refuses, but Gabriel has to go through some time before he finally chooses to side with Charlotte.
After undergoing trials at Silent City, Jessamine Lovelace is sent back to the London Institute. On the day of her arrival, automatons and Mrs. Black attack the Institute and mortally wounds Jessamine before taking Tessa away. Before she dies, she leaves clues for Will and Cecily about where Mortmain is taking Tessa to: Cadair Idris.
Jem collapses from his illness and learns about Will's unrequited love for Tessa, before urging him to save her in his stead. While Will is on his way, he feels his parabatai bond with Jem severed and realizes that Jem is gone. Back at the Institute, Charlotte's attempt to rally the Enclave to support her fails, managing only to gather Sophie, Cecily, Gideon, Gabriel, Magnus Bane, and three Silent Brothers for the mission to stop Mortmain. Henry and Magnus create a device capable of transporting people through great distances, dubbed as the Portal. Meanwhile, Wayland gathers the Clave for an emergency meeting to depose Charlotte, only for the automatons to attack them and kill him and Aloysius Starkweather.
On the way to Wales, Tessa briefly frees herself from Mrs. Black, now only a disembodied head, and discovers that her clockwork angel pendant holds an essence of the angel Ithuriel. Upon arrival at Cadair Idris, Tessa is forced to shapeshift into John Shade and teach Mortmain how to create automatons capable of carrying demonic spirits. He reveals that Tessa was born to a Greater Demon father and a Shadowhunter mother, a feat normally impossible since demon-nephilim children are usually born dead. By switching Elizabeth Gray with Adele Starkweather, Aloysius' granddaughter who died when she was young, Elizabeth became a Shadowhunter who was not marked, and by giving her the protection of Ithuriel, and the fact that Elizabeth was not marked, Tessa could be delivered alive.
Mortmain arranged for Tessa to start a new race of demon-nephilim hybrids. Will reunites with Tessa. The two meet up with Charlotte and the others, and begin battling with Mortmain's automatons, learning to their shock that one of the Silent Brothers, Brother Zachariah, is Jem. Henry is gravely wounded and left paraplegic, even after Magnus successfully saved him. As Tessa is about to be captured by Mortmain, she shapeshifts into Ithuriel himself and incinerates Mortmain, before falling unconscious for several days.
Upon her recovery, Jem now Brother Zachariah, visits Tessa and promises to meet her every year for an hour at Blackfriars Bridge before departing for Silent City.
Charlotte is offered the job of Consul and plans to train Will to succeed her as head of the London Institute. Gideon proposes to Sophie and accompanies her as Sophie undergoes Ascension to become a Shadowhunter. At the Christmas celebration of that year, Magnus leaves for the New World and makes Will promise to find his own happiness. Will takes this advice and proposes to Tessa, who accepts. Subsequently, Will and Cecily introduce Tessa and Gabriel, respectively, to their parents.
In the years that follow, Tessa marries Will and has a son named after Jem, James Herondale. Later, they also have a daughter Lucie Herondale. However, she does not grow old with Will, as she is immortal, and has to watch as Henry and Gideon pass away, before Will follows them in 1937. Afterwards, Tessa leaves her family for good, unable to see any more of her loved ones dying, and becomes a wanderer, though she continues to keep in touch with Jem every year. In 2008, more than seventy years after Will died, Tessa is shocked to see that Jem is no longer a Silent Brother, thanks to a twist of events. Although she is wary of having to see him grow old again, she nevertheless wants to travel the world once more with him.