Host: A Rogue Mage Novel

By Faith Hunter

Book Overview

In a post-apocalyptic ice age, neomage Thorn St. Croix was nearly driven insane by her powers. She lived as a fugitive, disguised as a human, channeling her gifts for war into stone-magery. When she was discovered, her friends and neighbors accepted her, but warily. Not so the mage who arrives from the Council of Seraphs, who could be her greatest ally'or her most dangerous foe. And when her long-gone sister, Rose, is revealed to still be alive, Thorn must make a choice'and risk her own life in the process.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0451462467
• ISBN13: 9780451462466
• Release Date: January 2009
• Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 4.2" x 6.7"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher

Customer Reviews

unique storyline

It draws you in and won't let you go. This is the third in the series thus far. In this post-apocalypse time where most of the human population has been destroyed and the war between good and evil continues even 100 years after the apocalypse, there is a new population of people that are not quite human anymore. They are mages and they can manipulate the magic left over from the creation of the world. The ability terrifies the normal people which created a mass murder of the mages until they are placed in enclaves to protect them. They are placed there by seraphs, the holy angels from God the Triumphant. This book is action packed and fascinating. Thorn is strong, yet doubtful. She has her weaknesses and guilt, yet she never gives up. The author, Hunter, does a fabulous job of showing real, logical emotion in her characters that can easily be related to. I'm looking forward to the next one in the series.

Outstanding!

I have thoroughly enjoyed the Thorn series and hope that this will not be the last book written.

Fantastic series! Highly recommended.

The Thorn series (Bloodring, Seraphs, Host) is HIGHLY recommended. I read all three books in five days over the Christmas holidays! I hope the author will write more soon. These are the best!

Really Great~ Totally new and entertaining!

I am really impressed. A TOTALLY new idea and very entertaining. I have read all 3 of the books out so far and I cannot wait till the next one. Faith Hunter has created a complex and engaging universe, while her character development allows you to become deeply involved with the storyline. I am a huge fan of Kim Harrison, old L.K. Hamilton and Kenyon. I was skeptical because I normally do not like post-apocalypse stories, but I was really hooked by this one. I HIGHLY recommend it!

Magnificent

...is the angel when you finally stand face-to-face. And yet, it isn't mere beauty staring you in your eyes. It's fury leashed, chaos controlled, might masterfully guarded. This is the 3rd book in perhaps the best post-apocalyptic fantasy. Faith Hunter simply continues to grow as a writer, to enrich her character with strength and beauty and to paint a universe novel, bright and entertaining. The village our hero lives in has been cut off. Rescue will not come. And the Big Bad Uglies are on their way. Thorn has to unite her friends, unite the town behind her, pull her forces together and find a way to survive. Without calling the Angels, who may just turn out to have nasty little genocidal streaks all by themselves... I finished in 2 days. Simply couldn't put it down. Please... More!