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The Rogue Mage series of fantasy novels were written by American author Faith Hunter about races of beings inhabiting a post-apocalyptic Earth of the not-too distant future. Some of them possess magical powers. The series is set in the remains of the United States about a century after an apocalypse similar to the one predicted in the Book of Revelation, but with no God appearing.

Bloodring

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Bloodring
AuthorFaith Hunter
Cover artistCliff Nielson
LanguageEnglish
SeriesRogue Mage
Genrefantasy
PublisherRoc Trade
Publication date
2006 November 7
Publication placeUnited States
Media typeTrade paperback
Pages336
ISBN0-451-46108-8
OCLC68624014
813/.6 22
LC ClassPS3608.U5927 B55 2006
Followed bySeraphs 

Bloodring (ISBN 0-451-46108-8) is the first fantasy novel by Hunter and the first installment of the series. It was published by Roc Trade on 2006 November 7. It was given a three-star review by Romantic Times.[1]

Plot summary

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The story take place about a century after an apocalypse. It includes "neomages", a new race of beings that arose during the time of the apocalypse. They live in an area known as the Enclave, which is both a prison and sanctuary, and are able to work with "leftover creation energy".

Thorn St. Croix is a neomage in exile from the Enclave. Thorn (unlike most mages) is telepathic, and she constantly hears the thoughts of the other mages in the Enclave. This threatened to drive her insane when it began during her adolescence and forced her to live amongst humans whose thoughts she does not hear.

Because mages without a special license are not allowed amongst the human population, Thorn must hide her true nature lest she be killed, either by the humans - who would torture her first - or by the seraphs who have ruled the earth since the apocalypse began.

Thorn is a "stone mage", and channels her talents with stone into lapidary work and jewelry-making, running the store, Thorn's Gems, with her partners, Rupert and Jaycee, in the small town of Mineral City, Carolina, where they all live.

Thorn's life is suddenly disrupted when police officer Thaddeus Bartholomew comes to her door and announces that her ex-husband Lucas, (who is also Rupert's brother) has been kidnapped. She is a suspect. Thadd, it turns out, is a kylen, progeny of a seraph and a mix of human and mage. Thorn realizes this when he "kindles" her mage-heat. Amazingly, Thadd appears not to know he is anything but pure human, and were he to discover her secret, he would immediately arrest her for being an unlicensed mage outside of Enclave. She must risk death in order to save the father of her former stepdaughter, Ciana - the child of her heart.

Seraphs

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Seraphs
AuthorFaith Hunter
Cover artistCliff Nielson
LanguageEnglish
SeriesRogue Mage
Genrefantasy
PublisherRoc Trade
Publication date
2007 May 1
Publication placeUnited States
Media typeTrade paperback
Pages356
ISBN978-0-451-46147-6
OCLC71329893
813/.6 22
LC ClassPS3608.U5927 S47 2007
Preceded byBloodring 
Followed byHost 

Seraphs is the second novel of the series. It was given a four-star review by Romantic Times.[2]

Host

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Host
AuthorFaith Hunter
Cover artistCliff Nielson
LanguageEnglish
SeriesRogue Mage
Genrefantasy
PublisherRoc Trade
Publication date
2007 November 6
Publication placeUnited States
Media typeTrade paperback
Pages340
ISBN978-0-451-46173-5
OCLC123539682
813/.6 22
LC ClassPS3608.U5927 H67 2007
Preceded bySeraphs 

Host is the third novel of the series. It was given a four-and-one-half-star review by Romantic Times.[3]

Triumphant

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Triumphant
EditorsSpike Y Jones, Faith Hunter
Cover artistMike Pruette
LanguageEnglish
SeriesRogue Mage
Genrefantasy
PublisherLore Seekers Press
Publication date
2017 May 12
Publication placeUnited States
Media typeTrade paperback
Pages353
ISBN978-1-62268-114-3

Triumphant (Rogue Mage Anthology Omnibus) (ISBN 978-1-62268-114-3) is a short story anthology set in the Rogue Mage universe, edited by Spike Y Jones and Faith Hunter. It was published by Lore Seekers Press on 2017 May 12. The book was also published as two e-books, Trials and Tribulations in late 2016.

It features 3 new stories and vignettes by Hunter, 14 new stories by 10 other authors, and 21 stories and vignettes by Hunter that had previously appeared in the Rogue Mage Roleplaying Game.

New Stories

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  1. "Finding The Way", by Misty Massey
  2. "TNT", by Faith Hunter
  3. "Epena's Epiphany", by Lou J Berger
  4. "The Price of Power", by Ken Schrader
  5. "Monster", by Spike Y Jones
  6. "Ashes And Dust", by Diana Pharaoh Francis
  7. "Defiance", by Christina Stiles
  8. "The Stars Were Right", by Spike Y Jones
  9. "Alone", by Faith Hunter
  10. "Mettilwynd", by Tamsin L. Silver
  11. "Requiem Of The Sea", by Melissa McArthur
  12. "River Bones", by Jean Rabe
  13. "A Start", by Spike Y Jones
  14. "Two Mules For Brother Hope", by Christina Stiles
  15. "Our Lady Of The Stones", by Spike Y Jones
  16. "Rolling Stone", by Lucienne Diver
  17. "Kraken Conquered", by Faith Hunter

Reprinted Stories

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all by Faith Hunter

  1. "Stone Walls A Prison Make"
  2. "The Honeymoon Is Over"
  3. "Set In Stone"
  4. "Wind Blown"
  5. "Day One"
  6. "Wheels In Motion"
  7. "Bait"
  8. "Storm Songs"
  9. "Sons"
  10. "The Best-Laid Plans"
  11. "Unbidden Bonds"
  12. "Bones"
  13. "A Wing And A Prayer"
  14. "The Magnificent Seven"
  15. "Girl Loves To Shop"
  16. "Beauty And The Beasts"
  17. "Trading Debts"
  18. "Wings On Site"
  19. "Tears Of Taharial"
  20. "Lions And Tigers And Monkey's, Oh My!"
  21. "Pan-Elemental"

Role-playing game

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Hunter collaborated with Christina Stiles and Raven Blackwell to create a role-playing game based on the Rogue Mage series. It is published by Bella Rosa Books and Misfit Studios as two volumes, the Rogue Mage Roleplaying Game Player's Handbook and the Rogue Mage Roleplaying Game Game Master's Guide.[4]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ RT Book Reviews - Review of Bloodring by Faith Hunter[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ RT Book Reviews - Review of Seraphs by Faith Hunter[permanent dead link]
  3. ^ RT Book Reviews - Review of Host by Faith Hunter
  4. ^ Faith IN THE DARK Archived 2014-07-14 at the Wayback Machine Herald
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