Predator & Prey: Mage (Hunter, the Reckoning, Book 5)

Rating:
Summary: A Bit Bland.
Review: Predator & Prey: Mage continues the series of books based in the Michigan area that are loosely set around hunters - "normal" humans that find themselves suddenly imbued with powers to battle the undead. A few of the locations and characters will be familiar to fans of the rest of this series, but reading the other books is not necessary in order to understand P&P: Mage.

The main antagonists in this novel are "mages" of the Technocracy - a secret, extremely powerful organization of magic users that is trying to control the destiny of modern civilization. They have plans for the dark, depressed, fictional town that the novel is set in, but those plans are initially foiled when they choose the wrong pawn for their scheme. That's pretty much all I can say without giving the plot away. ;)

The main character in this story is pretty well designed and given a solid background - many readers (especially those out of college) will be able to identify with him. Still, the plot has a few holes in it, and isn't particularly complex or scary. Fans of the Technocracy will also be upset at how "faceless" and shallow the villains are (right up until the end of the book, that is).

While I wouldn't recommend this novel to people that aren't Mage fans, it certainly isn't a bad experience. While I won't read it a second time, I do think that P&P: Mage was worth the money I spent on it.