The book is in good condition but the dust jacket has some shelf wear (pictured). It is a first edition though so it has the runes dust jacket! People have asked to see the Heavenly Fire rune for years, and now for the first time in a decade rune artist Val Freire has returned to design 30 new Shadowhunter runes, including the Mark of Cain and many others! They will be printed on the back of the jackets of all English language FIRST EDITIONS of Lord of Shadows. -Cassandra Clare Would you trade your soul mate for your soul? A Shadowhunter’s life is bound by duty. Constrained by honor. The word of a Shadowhunter is a solemn pledge, and no vow is more sacred than the vow that binds parabatai, warrior partners—sworn to fight together, die together, but never to fall in love. Emma Carstairs has learned that the love she shares with her parabatai, Julian Blackthorn, isn’t just forbidden—it could destroy them both. She knows she should run from Julian. But how can she when the Blackthorns are threatened by enemies on all sides?