<P> When Jeb comes across Melanie's dying body, he realizes what's happened to her but still leads her to his hideout: a network of caves housing more than thirty people . Most of the other humans want her to be killed with the exception of Jared and Jamie, and later on Ian, who develops feelings for Wanderer . As days pass and she starts to become a part of the community, many of the community members start to trust her with jobs and eventually give her a teaching role among the colony . She is also given the name Wanda in replacement of the name Wanderer . After tending to a cancer patient one night, Wanda is attacked by Ian's brother, Kyle . After managing to save both herself and Kyle from drowning, the two are taken into the infirmary . Shortly after recovering, Wanda stumbles across a slew of mutilated bodies that cause her to hide by herself in terror for three days . During her time in isolation, Wanda learns from Jeb that the humans are trying to cut Souls out of their hosts in attempt to restore the consciousness and life of the humans but so far each attempt has resulted in a dead body . </P> <P> When Jamie is suffering from a fever caused by infection from a leg injury, Wanda realizes that she must recover medicine from the Souls to cure Jamie before it is too late . With the assistance of Jared, the two manage to cure Jamie's ailments in time . Thanks to her efforts, Wanda is entrusted with attending raids for supplies and it is now believed by many that Melanie is still present inside Wanda's mind . Not long after the raiders return to the colony, they learn that the caves have been attacked and Wanda's Seeker has been captured . After coming to a conclusion about the Seeker's life, Wanda decides to tell Doc how to properly remove Souls from human bodies . Once the Seeker is disposed of, Wanda devises another plan to remove herself from Melanie's body and let herself die in order to allow Melanie to return to Jared once more . Learning of Wanda's plan, Ian becomes furious and calls a tribunal to stop her plans . Despite his attempts, Wanda manages to get herself to Doc's beforehand . Before going through the procedure though, Wanda declares her love for Ian . </P> <P> To her surprise, Wanda wakes up in a new host whose consciousness has not returned . In her new body, Wanda gains wide acceptance from the humans and is free to be in a relationship with Ian while Melanie goes back with Jared . Over the course of time following the surgery, the colony begins to grow and many of its residents become more prosperous than ever before . The novel ends with their discovery of another group of like humans like theirs who have a Soul named Burns in their group . </P> <P> Wanderer or' Wanda' for a nickname - A parasitic alien Soul who is inserted into Melanie Stryder's body . She received her name because of the number of planets she has lived on, having never settled on one she truly liked . She is later nicknamed "Wanda" by Mel's Uncle Jeb . Initially only interested in enjoying her new life, Melanie's love for her brother and boyfriend spills over to Wanda and she finds herself abandoning her kind to seek them out in the desert . She slowly develops sympathy for humans, eventually acknowledging that they have a right to their own lives, and attempting to sacrifice herself so that Melanie can have her life back . Like all Souls, she is naturally altruistic, horrified by violence, and finds it difficult to believably lie (to humans). She hates upsetting people and so suffers endlessly trying to be as little of a burden as possible . </P>

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