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It began at an ancient
Scottish stone circle. There, a doorway, open to a select few, leads
into the past--or the grave. Dr. Claire Randall survived the
extraordinary passage, not once but twice. Her first trip swept her into
the arms of Jamie Fraser, an eighteenth-century Scot whose love for her
became a legend--a tale of tragic passion that ended with her return to
the present to bear his child. Her second journey, two decades later,
brought them together again in the American colonies. But Claire had
left someone behind in the twentieth century. Their daughter, Brianna...
Now
Brianna has made a disturbing discovery that sends her to the circle of
stones and terrifying leap into the unknown. In search of her mother
and father she has never met, she is risking her own future to try to
change history...and to save their lives. But as Brianna plunges into an
uncharted wilderness, a heartbreaking encounter may strand her forever
in the past...or root her in the place she should be, where her heart
and soul belong...
An excellent next book in the Outlander
series. I love Jamie & Claire; Gabaldon writes them with such witty
repartee that it's hard not to see them as people I would love to hang
out with, flaws and all.
Speaking of flaws... I couldn't give
this book five stars for one reason: Roger.
Spoilers after the jump.
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Outlander character
Lord John Grey finds himself in 19th-century London investigating the
death of a red-haired man. Soon he is mixed up in the affairs of Sir
Francis Dashwood and his notorious Hellfire Club.
Decent
short story. I'm too wrapped up in Jamie and Claire to really think
about another character right now; I'm putting the Lord John Grey series
aside until I finish the Outlander series.
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Their passionate
encounter happened long ago by whatever measurement Claire Randall took.
Two decades before, she had traveled back in time and into the arms of a
gallant eighteenth-century Scot named Jamie Fraser. Then she returned
to her own century to bear his child, believing him dead in the tragic
battle of Culloden. Yet his memory has never lessened its hold on her...
and her body still cries out for him in her dreams.
Then Claire
discovers that Jamie survived. Torn between returning to him and staying
with their daughter in her own era, Claire must choose her destiny. And
as time and space come full circle, she must find the courage to face
the passion and pain awaiting her...the deadly intrigues raging in a
divided Scotland... and the daring voyage into the dark unknown that can
reunite—or forever doom—her timeless love.
I
must have read this one too quickly because I had all sorts of "wait,
what just happened?" moments. I was so keyed up and wanted to know
exactly what happened next that I didn't let everything sink in. Big
mistake. I'll need to do a re-read of this book at some point.
Assuming I ever get through my TBR list, of course!
I do need to take a break before delving into Drums of Autumn. I love the world that Gabaldon has created, but I need to read something short before I read another of her tomes.
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For twenty years Claire
Randall has kept her secrets. But now she is returning with her grown
daughter to Scotland’s majestic mist-shrouded hills. Here Claire plans
to reveal a truth as stunning as the events that gave it birth: about
the mystery of an ancient circle of standing stones ... about a love
that transcends the boundaries of time ... and about James Fraser, a
Scottish warrior whose gallantry once drew a young Claire from the
security of her century to the dangers of his....
Now a legacy of
blood and desire will test her beautiful copper-haired daughter,
Brianna, as Claire’s spellbinding journey of self-discovery continues in
the intrigue-ridden Paris court of Charles Stuart ... in a race to
thwart a doomed Highlands uprising ... and in a desperate fight to save
both the child and the man she loves....
Oh my holy hell.
I
hated how this book started. As soon as I finished Outlander, I opened
the next in the series. Imagine my surprise when I learned that Claire
was back in the present time and no longer with Jamie. WTF, Diana
Gabaldon?!?!?
I'm a bit irked at the heartfail this caused;
Pepcid, however, received a great boost in sales. And my kids learned
some new words.
Thankfully, I have book #3 ready to go on my Kindle. I NEED to know where the story goes from here.
