Question: The first book of the Mortal Instruments series is set where?

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The Dark Artifices: The Dark Artifices is an in-progress trilogy written by Cassandra Clare.  The series is chronologically the fourth series in "The Shadowhunter Chronicles" and a sequel to "The Mortal Instruments".  It is set in Los Angeles.  The series is about a sacred bond of "parabatai", more valuable then any bond in this world.  This bond makes the two parabatais more powerful and strong, but there is only one drawback- it is forbidden to fall in love with your parabatai.  It so happens that Emma and Julian, two parabatais for as long as they can remember, have fallen in love.  The Dark Artifices is a trilogy about their struggle against the shadow world.

List of Shadowhunters episodes: "Shadowhunters" is an American supernatural-fantasy horror television series.  The series is based on the book series "The Mortal Instruments" by Cassandra Clare, and developed for television by Ed Decter.  It premiered in North America on Freeform.  In December 2015, Netflix acquired global rights to "Shadowhunters", excluding the U.S., making the series available as an original series a day after the U.S. premiere.

The Infernal Devices: The Infernal Devices is a series of novels by author Cassandra Clare, centering on a race called the Shadowhunters introduced in her "The Mortal Instruments" series.  The series is a prequel series to the "Mortal Instruments" series, and contains some of the character's ancestors.  Clare has insisted that the two series can be read in either order.

The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones: The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones is a 2013 Canadian-German urban fantasy action-adventure film based on the first book of "The Mortal Instruments" series by Cassandra Clare.  The story takes place in an urban and contemporary New York City.  Directed by Harald Zwart, the film stars an international cast, including Lily Collins, Jamie Campbell Bower, Robert Sheehan, Kevin Zegers, Jemima West, Godfrey Gao, Lena Headey, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Aidan Turner, Kevin Durand, and Jared Harris.  It was released in theaters on August 21, 2013, by Screen Gems in the United States and Entertainment One in the United Kingdom.  "The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones" earned $91 million against a $60 million production budget.  "The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones" was released on DVD and Blu-ray on December 3, 2013, by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment.

City of Bones (Clare novel): City of Bones is the first urban fantasy book in author Cassandra Clare's "New York Times" bestselling series "The Mortal Instruments".  The novel is set in modern day New York City and has been released in several languages, including Bulgarian, Hebrew, Polish and Japanese.

The Shadowhunter's Codex: The Shadowhunter's Codex is a companion book to Cassandra Clare's "The Shadowhunter Chronicles".  The book was authored by both Clare and her husband, Joshua Lewis, and was released on October 29, 2013.  "The Shadowhunter's Codex" is written in the form of an illustrated handbook: a facsimile of the one given to Clary Fray, the protagonist of The Mortal Instruments series.

City of Glass (Clare novel): City of Glass is the third book in "The Mortal Instruments" series, an urban fantasy series set in New York written by Cassandra Clare.  It was originally published in the United States in hardcover on March 24, 2009.

City of Lost Souls (novel): City of Lost Souls is the fifth book in "The Mortal Instruments" series by Cassandra Clare.  "City of Lost Souls" was released on May 8, 2012 and was followed by the sixth and final book in the series, "City of Heavenly Fire" in 2014.

The Mortal Instruments: The Mortal Instruments is a series of six young adult fantasy novels written by Cassandra Clare, the last of which was published May 27, 2014.  "The Mortal Instruments" is chronologically the third series of a proposed five in "The Shadowhunter Chronicles" but it was the first one published.  It follows Clary Fray (who interacts with a group of nephilim known as Shadowhunters) while also discovering her own half-angel heritage.  The Shadowhunters protect the world of mundane people who are also called "mundies" from dark forces from beyond their world.

City of Fallen Angels: City of Fallen Angels is the fourth book in "The Mortal Instruments" series by Cassandra Clare.  The series was meant to end with "City of Glass"; it was announced in March 2010 that a fourth book would be added, with Cassandra Clare later saying that she views this as a "second trilogy" in the series.  The book was released on April 5, 2011.

Supporting paragraphs: The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones City of Bones (Clare novel)
Answer: modern day New York City