"He makes me feel like the luckiest soul in the universe. Of all the planets I have lived on, all the hosts I have occupied, I have never wanted another person so badly... I finally found something I would die for." Set after The Host, Wanda starts to worry about her first night with Ian once they are able to move into their own rooms after the rain stops.

Five years after the events of the Host, Life in the cave is very different. Mel and Jared have two kids, Jodi's back, and Wanda's the size of a ship. What happens when on a raid, Kyle and Ian find the rest of their family still human. How are they going to react to Wanda? And how long is Jamie going to get away with ogling the O'Shea's baby sister?