<br><b>Magnus Bane witnesses his favorite 1920s hotspot fade into decay as the decades passâ¦and the vampires take over. One of ten adventures in The Bane Chronicles.</b><p>The immortal Magnus Bane is making the most of his time in the Roaring Twenties: Heâs settled into New York society and is thriving among the fashionable jazz set. And there is nowhere better to see and be seen than the glamorous Hotel Dumont, a glittering new addition to the Manhattan landscape. But nothing lasts foreverâ¦fifty years later, the hotel is decayed and ruined, as dead as a place can be. But the vampires donât seem to mind.</p><p>This standalone e-only short story illuminates the life of the enigmatic Magnus Bane, whose alluring personality populates the pages of the #1 <i>New York Times</i> bestselling series The Mortal Instruments and The Infernal Devices. This story in The Bane Chronicles, <i>The Rise and Fall of the Hotel Dumort</i>, is written by Cassandra Clare and Maureen Johnson.</p>