Nicht, dass ich im vorliegenden Fall ernsthaft was dagegen h\u00e4tte, aber die allgemein \u00fcbliche Praxis, erfolgreichen Trilogien noch einen vierten (manchmal auch f\u00fcnften, sechsten, siebten usw.) Teil anzuh\u00e4ngen, ist irgendwie albern. Und geht leider oft auch zu Ungunsten der Qualit\u00e4t, denn wenn ein Autor eine Trilogie schreibt, baut er die Geschichte ja auch entsprechend auf. <\/p>\n
Anlass f\u00fcr meine Bemerkung ist die Pressemeldung von \u00bbSimon und Schuster\u00ab zur Fortsetzung der \u00bbMortal Instruments\u00ab-Serie. Die ist zwar schon ein alter Hut, war bis dato aber an mir vorbeigegangen!<\/p>\n
New York, NY, August 24, 2009\u2014Margaret K. McElderry Books, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children\u2019s Publishing, has acquired City of Fallen Angels, a fourth book in Cassandra Clare\u2019s bestselling young adult fantasy series, The Mortal Instruments,<\/strong> which has over 1 million books in print. The story follows Simon,<\/strong> a character from the first three Mortal Instruments novels, City of Bones, City of Ashes and City of Glass, as he adjusts to life as a vampire. City of Fallen Angels will publish in hardcover in March 2011, followed by a paperback edition in July 2012. <\/p>\n
Love, blood, betrayal and revenge \u2014 the stakes are higher than ever in City of Fallen Angels. Simon Lewis is having some trouble adjusting to his new life as a vampire, especially now that he hardly sees his best friend Clary, who is caught up in training to be a Shadowhunter\u2014and spending time with her new boyfriend Jace. Not to mention that Simon doesn’t quite know how to handle the pressure of not-quite-dating two girls at once. What’s a daylight-loving vampire to do? Simon decides he needs a break and heads out of the city\u2014only to discover that sinister events are following him. Realizing that the war they thought they’d won might not yet be over, Simon has to call on his Shadowhunter friends to save the day \u2014 if they can put their own splintering relationships on hold long enough to rise to the challenge. <\/p>\n
\u201cSimon has always been one of my favorite characters to write about, and I\u2019m excited to get the chance to tell his story while revisiting some of the other characters that I love form The Mortal Instruments series,\u201d said Cassandra Clare. \u201cThe enthusiasm for telling Simon\u2019s story that I\u2019ve received from the team at McElderry Books and Simon & Schuster has been great and I\u2019m excited to be working with them to bring a fourth book to the series.\u201d<\/p>\n