Andrea K Höst

Biography

A Swedish-born Australian writer working in fantasy and science fantasy.

Where to find Andrea K Höst online

Series

The Singularity Game
Post-singularity, life's a game.
Touchstone
Cass walks into adventure. Adventure gives her blisters.
The Trifold Age
A world where gods have Answered.
The Pyramids of London
Price: $4.99 USD.
The Towers, the Moon
Price: $1.99 USD.
Eferum
The world of Kellian and over-powered mages.
Stained Glass Monsters
Price: $4.99 USD.
The Sleeping Life
Price: $4.99 USD.
Darest
A kingdom on the edges of Faerie.
Champion of the Rose
Price: $4.99 USD.
Bones of the Fair
Price: $4.99 USD.
Medair
What does the fated heroine do when she fails to save the Empire?

Books

Snow Day
Price: $0.99 USD. Words: 11,430. Language: English. Published: December 31, 2019 . Categories: Fiction » Science fiction » Short stories, Fiction » Science fiction » General
KOTIS recruits Oriel and Maxen just wanted to get their gaming guild together for Snow Day, but failed to factor jealousy into their plans. On a day that has come to celebrate families and friendship, it can be hard to be kinless. A turning of the year piece of Touchstone fluff (one for the fans, not recommended for new readers).
The Starfighter Invitation
Series: The Singularity Game. Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 108,440. Language: English. Published: December 8, 2018 . Categories: Fiction » Science fiction » Adventure, Fiction » Science fiction » General
The only thing bigger than the world's first full virtual reality game is the mystery surrounding its origins. Who is behind Ryzonart Games? How was such a huge advance in technology achieved? Is the game a trick, a trap, a subtle invasion? Or an opportunity to step up and fight?
In Arcadia
Series: Touchstone. Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 72,200. Language: English. Published: December 31, 2016 . Categories: Fiction » Romance » Sci-fi, Fiction » Science fiction » Adventure
Laura Devlin would gladly have paid any price to have her daughter back, so living in a techno-paradise with spaceship views is merely an added bonus. And a dream come true. But is there room in her dream for Gidds Selkie, a military officer 'chipped from flint' and not at all the sort of man lifelong geek Laura had ever imagined would find her interesting?
The Towers, the Moon
Series: The Trifold Age, Book 2. Price: $1.99 USD. Words: 31,050. Language: English. Published: October 19, 2016 . Categories: Fiction » Alternative history, Fiction » Fantasy » Short stories
France, under the Court of the Moon, is a country of cyclical change, where the true rulers arrive every night to compete among themselves, and humans are backdrop, witnesses, inessential – and yet inextricably intertwined. It is the reign of the Gilded Tower, and fashions are daring. "Two Wings" is 7,500 words, "Forfeit" is 20,000 words, and "Death and the Moon" is 2300 words.
The Sleeping Life
Series: Eferum. Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 97,740. Language: English. Published: February 5, 2016 . Categories: Fiction » Fantasy » General
Fallon DeVries has a sister who lives only in his mind. Paying the price of magic gone wrong, Aurienne is trapped watching a world she cannot touch, only able to communicate with her brother while he sleeps. And it's slowly killing him.
The Pyramids of London
Series: The Trifold Age. Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 105,680. Language: Australian English. Published: February 27, 2015 . Categories: Fiction » Science fiction » Steampunk & retropunk, Fiction » Science fiction » Adventure
In a world where lightning sustained the Roman Empire, and Egypt's vampiric god-kings spread their influence through medicine and good weather, it is the murder of her brother that concerns Arianne Seaforth. She does not believe it was an accident. She does not intend to give up. And to follow the only clue to his killer, she intends to sell herself to a vampire.
All Foes
Price: Free! Words: 880. Language: English. Published: July 26, 2014 . Categories: Fiction » Fantasy » General
(4.60 from 5 reviews)
A dragon. A scholar. A very short story about death. Approximately 850 words.
Bones of the Fair
Series: Darest, Book 2. Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 96,690. Language: English. Published: November 30, 2013 . Categories: Fiction » Fantasy » General, Fiction » Romance » Fantasy
(5.00 from 1 review)
When the Atlaran Ambassador and half the heirs of the western kingdoms disappear on the kingdom of Darest's border, Gentian Calder agrees to join the Diamond Coeurveur and his apprentice in a rush to join the search. Will they find the missing? A plot against Darest? Or uncover older secrets, buried deep?
Hunting
Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 87,560. Language: Commonwealth English. Published: April 4, 2013 . Categories: Fiction » Fantasy » General, Fiction » Young adult or teen » Fantasy
(4.25 from 4 reviews)
Ash Lenthard doesn’t call herself a vigilante. She’s merely prone to random acts of derring-do, and occasional exhibitions of tomfoolery. That was before the murder of Ash’s beloved guardian, Genevieve. Now, Ash Lenthard is out for blood and even when the hunt sends her to the palace, on a collision course with a past identity she would do anything to forget, Ash cannot, will not, back down.
And All the Stars
Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 90,860. Language: Australian English. Published: September 30, 2012 . Categories: Fiction » Science fiction » Apocalyptic, Fiction » Young adult or teen » Science Fiction
(4.00 from 1 review)
Is it an alien invasion? Germ warfare? They are questions everyone on Earth would like answered, but Madeleine Cost has a more immediate problem. At Ground Zero of the Sydney Spire, beneath the collapsed ruin of St James Station, she must make it to the surface before she can hope to find out if the world is ending. Come for the apocalypse. Stay for cupcakes. Die for love.
Gratuitous Epilogue : Touchstone Extras
Series: Touchstone, Book 4. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 51,130. Language: English. Published: December 31, 2011 . Categories: Fiction » Young adult or teen » Science Fiction, Fiction » Science fiction » Adventure
(4.50 from 4 reviews)
NOT A STAND ALONE NOVEL. An extra for The Touchstone Trilogy. What happens when the plot ends? A relentless barrage of weddings, babies, and planetary colonisation! This self-indulgent collection of family reminiscence is for those who truly just want to know what happens next, no matter how mundane. Read on for the everyday, ordinary lives of psychic space ninjas playing house.
The Touchstone Trilogy
Price: $9.99 USD. Words: 352,540. Language: English. Published: November 26, 2011 . Categories: Fiction » Young adult or teen » Science Fiction, Fiction » Science fiction » Adventure
(5.00 from 3 reviews)
The complete young adult space adventure trilogy, containing "Stray", "Lab Rat One" and "Caszandra". On her last day of high school, Cassandra Devlin walked out of exams and into a forest. Surrounded by the wrong sort of trees, and animals never featured in any nature documentary, Cass is only sure of one thing: alone, she will be lucky to survive. But rescue is only the beginning...
Caszandra : Touchstone Part 3
Series: Touchstone, Book 3. Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 141,250. Language: English. Published: November 24, 2011 . Categories: Fiction » Young adult or teen » Science Fiction, Fiction » Science fiction » Adventure
(4.83 from 6 reviews)
Part 3 of the Touchstone Trilogy. Cassandra Devlin doesn’t know what she's for. But she knows she's running out of time. Since Cass was rescued from the abandoned world of Muina progress has been made unravelling its long-ago disaster, but too many questions remain. Can Cass keep herself together long enough to find a solution, or will space tear itself apart?
Medair : The Complete Medair Duology in One Volume
Price: $6.99 USD. Words: 142,270. Language: English. Published: September 10, 2011 . Categories: Fiction » Fantasy » Epic
(4.00 from 2 reviews)
The complete epic fantasy duology, containing Aurealis Awards finalist "The Silence of Medair" and the heart-rending conclusion "Voice of the Lost". Medair an Rynstar returned too late to drive back the Ibisian invasion. Centuries too late. When friend and enemy have become the same thing, what use are the weapons Medair sought to protect her Empire? No enchanted trinket can undo the past.
Voice of the Lost : Medair Part 2
Series: Medair, Book 2. Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 60,980. Language: English. Published: September 1, 2011 . Categories: Fiction » Fantasy » General, Fiction » Fantasy » Epic
(4.00 from 1 review)
The conclusion of the story begun in "The Silence of Medair". Medair an Rynstar wants only to leave. After aiding the descendants of the Ibisian invaders, she knows that to thousands she is hero-become-villain. Hated, hunted, lost. She has learned that you can never to return to your past, or run from the consequences of your actions, but can she find a way to live in defeat?
Lab Rat One : Touchstone Part 2
Series: Touchstone, Book 2. Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 113,120. Language: English. Published: June 30, 2011 . Categories: Fiction » Science fiction » Adventure, Fiction » Young adult or teen » Science Fiction
(4.83 from 6 reviews)
Test subject was not the career path Cassandra Devlin had been planning. In the months since Cass walked off Earth onto another planet, she has grappled with everything from making blankets to helping psychics battle the memories of monsters. And discovered she is a valuable thing called a Touchstone. Can Cass learn what that means in time to save not only her rescuers, but herself?
Blue
Price: Free! Words: 1,550. Language: English. Published: May 31, 2011 . Categories: Fiction » Fantasy » Urban
(4.33 from 3 reviews)
A short story of Words and Witches. For centuries the Seleighe have kept imprisoned a nameless, monstrous God. But the seal is failing, and Veresan of the Summer Fire must travel far beyond his own land to prevent disaster.
Stray : Touchstone Part 1
Series: Touchstone, Book 1. Price: Free! Words: 102,790. Language: English. Published: March 21, 2011 . Categories: Fiction » Young adult or teen » Science Fiction
(4.55 from 20 reviews)
In this planet-hopping Girl’s Own Adventure, an Aussie teen must survive a world without technology, and then another with far too much. Rescue is only the beginning of her problems.
Stained Glass Monsters
Series: Eferum. Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 81,550. Language: English. Published: January 3, 2011 . Categories: Fiction » Fantasy » General, Fiction » Romance » Fantasy
(4.00 from 2 reviews)
When a motionless woman appears in the village of Falk, Kendall Stockton has no inkling that the apparition is the harbinger of a city-shattering spell which will leave her tangled in the affairs of golems, royalty, and a mage too powerful to be trusted. Do the best of intentions justify pragmatic sacrifice? And should Kendall believe in someone who isn't telling the whole story?
The Silence of Medair (Medair Part 1)
Series: Medair, Book 1. Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 81,210. Language: English. Published: November 30, 2010 . Categories: Fiction » Fantasy » General
(4.67 from 3 reviews)
Medair an Rynstar returned too late to drive back the Ibisian invasion. Centuries too late. When friend and enemy have become the same thing, what use are the weapons Medair planned to use to protect her Empire? There is no magic, no artefact, no enchanted trinket which can undo the past. Nor is there any way for Medair to avoid those hunting her in the present. How far can she run?
Champion of the Rose
Series: Darest, Book 1. Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 104,320. Language: English. Published: November 30, 2010 . Categories: Fiction » Fantasy » General, Fiction » Romance » Fantasy
(4.50 from 2 reviews)
Soren Armitage is an anachronism. Proclaimed Champion by the Rathen Rose, intended to support the rule of a Rathen King or Queen. But there are no Rathens. When a Rathen abruptly appears, Soren must deal with meddling Regents, sylvan curses, and greenery spiralling out of control - but what is she to do with the grumpiest Rathen ever to complicate the life of any Champion?