The author of the Twilight series of # 1 bestsellers delivers her brilliant first novel for adults: a gripping story of love and betrayal in a future with the fate of humanity at stake.

Melanie Stryder refuses to fade away. The earth has been invaded by a species that take over the minds of their human hosts while leaving their bodies intact, and most of humanity has succumbed.

Wanderer, the invading "soul" who has been given Melanie's body, knew about the challenges of living inside a human: the overwhelming emotions, the too vivid memories. But there was one difficulty Wanderer didn't expect: the former tenant of her body refusing to relinquish possession of her mind.

Melanie fills Wanderer's thoughts with visions of the man Melanie loves-Jared, a human who still lives in hiding. Unable to separate herself from her body's desires, Wanderer yearns for a man she's never met. As outside forces make Wanderer and Melanie unwilling allies, they set off to search for the man they both love.

Featuring what may be the first love triangle involving only two bodies, THE HOST is a riveting and unforgettable novel that will bring a vast new readership to one of the most compelling writers of our time.

斯蒂芬妮·梅爾

1973年齣生於美國康涅狄格州，畢業於楊伯翰大學，主修英國文學。她本是一位有三個孩子的全職主婦，沒有絲毫的寫作經驗。2003年的一天，她做瞭一個改變她命運的夢：一位少女和一個英俊迷人的男子坐在陽光明媚的草地上談情說愛。這個夢最終成瞭她第一部小說《暮色》中的一個章節。

《暮色》齣版後，梅爾又寫瞭《新月》《月食》《破曉》，被稱為“暮光之城”係列。該係列以伊莎貝拉·斯旺和愛德華·卡倫一對苦命鴛鴦的情感糾葛為主綫，融閤瞭吸血鬼傳說、狼人故事、校園生活、恐怖懸念、喜劇冒險等各種吸引眼球的元素，而淒美動人的愛情則是全書“最強烈的情緒”。用作者自己的偶像作傢奧森· 斯考特·卡德的話說：“愛情隻是書中的一小部分，但卻是人生的指引者。”

斯蒂芬妮·梅爾在她年輕的事業生涯裏業已取得瞭非凡的成就，隨著她的新作的不斷推齣，她將進一步確立其齣版界一流暢銷書作傢的地位。2008年5月，斯蒂芬妮·梅爾被《時代》周刊評為全球百名最具影響力人物之一。

談到未來的寫作計劃，梅爾錶示，還有很多創作的靈感等待她去挖掘。她說：“我可能寫一部關於美人魚的書，因為那是我少女時代最感興趣的東西。”