Seven Stones to Stand or Fall - Diana Gabaldon

Seven Stones to Stand or Fall

By Diana Gabaldon

  • Release Date: 2017-06-27
  • Genre: Historical Fiction
Score: 4.5
4.5
From 310 Ratings

Description

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A magnificent collection of Outlander short fiction—including two never-before-published novellas—featuring Jamie Fraser, Lord John Grey, Master Raymond, and many more, from Diana Gabaldon

Among the seven spellbinding pieces there is “The Custom of the Army,” which begins with Lord John Grey being shocked by an electric eel and ends at the Battle of Quebec. Then comes “The Space Between,” where it is revealed that the Comte St. Germain is not dead, Master Raymond appears, and a widowed young wine dealer escorts a would-be novice to a convent in Paris. In “A Plague of Zombies,” Lord John unexpectedly becomes military governor of Jamaica when the original governor is gnawed by what probably wasn’t a giant rat. “A Leaf on the Wind of All Hallows” is the moving story of Roger MacKenzie’s parents during World War II. In “Virgins,” Jamie Fraser, aged nineteen, and Ian Murray, aged twenty, become mercenaries in France, no matter that neither has yet bedded a lass or killed a man. But they’re trying. . . . “A Fugitive Green” is the story of Lord John’s elder brother, Hal, and a seventeen-year-old rare book dealer with a sideline in theft, forgery, and blackmail. And finally, in “Besieged,” Lord John learns that his mother is in Havana—and that the British Navy is on their way to lay siege to the city.

Filling in mesmerizing chapters in the lives of characters readers have followed over the course of thousands of pages, Gabaldon’s genius is on full display throughout this must-have collection.

“Gabaldon is in fine form . . . weaving together characters’ lives, connecting plot points, and showing tantalizing glimpses of the larger Outlander world, of which this reader can never get enough.”—Historical Novels Review

Reviews

  • Great addition to the Outlander series!

    5
    By KariHikes
    This book held lovely little snippets of minor characters met in the Outlander series. Just as you start delving deep into a character, the novella is over (sigh…). Even so, each tale is adventurous in its own way.
  • Seven Stones to Stand or Fall

    5
    By Knightsbane
    Writing takes you into the lives of the characters. Making you want all the details the author gives and more. Once reading a book by Diana Gabaldon will spoil you for reading others works.
  • Loved it!

    5
    By trnprt
    It was fun to learn more of the adventures of John Grey. Did find out his hair was blond not brown as in the TV series.
  • Seven Stones To Stand or Fall

    3
    By Title misfit
    Terrible
  • Not bad

    4
    By Joninhoustontexas
    It all works because the author has a wicked sense of humor.

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