Seven Stones to Stand or Fall

Posted on 24 February 2017 by Diana Gabaldon

A collection of seven short stories set in the Outlander universe, never before published together, including two original stories.This riveting, romantic collection includes Besieged original novella , A Fugitive Green original novella , Virgins, The Space Between, Lord John and the Plague of Zombies, A Leaf on the Wind of All Hallows and The Custom of the Army. Free Download Seven Stones to Stand or Fall [ Author ] Diana Gabaldon [ Kindle ePUB or eBook ] – kino-fada.fr This is what my hardcover looks like I wasn t as in love with the short stories as I am with the actual books There are a couple that I liked I think for me, it would be good to do re reads with the actual novella read after the book it goes with There are two new short stories in this book as well Most of them seem to revolve around John Grey, but there are some with Jamie, Ian the dad , Roger, Frank and a few others Either way, it s just another Outlander book to add to my collection an This is what my hardcover looks like I wasn t as in love with the short stories as I am with the actual books There are a couple that I liked I think for me, it would be good to do re reads with the actual novella read after the book it goes with There are two new short stories in this book as well Most of them seem to revolve around John Grey, but there are some with Jamie, Ian the dad , Roger, Frank and a few others Either way, it s just...With the release of this recent collection of novellas, Gabaldon seeks to pull together a number of her shorter pieces for the reader s enjoyment With some mention of Jamie Fraser, a peppering of Roger, and even the elder Fraser, the vast number of stories have some Lord John Grey connection When I undertook my Diana Gabaldon binge in the summer of 2015, I sought to read her entire collection in chronological order, which sandwiched Outlander novels with a number of the Lord John pieces A num With the release of this recent collection of novellas, Gaba...Realizing that Outlander fans are craving that third season, a collection of Outlander novellas packaged all in one book is the perfect remedy to beat the drought There are three Lord John Grey novellas The Custom of the Army, A Plague of Zombies, and Beseiged A Fugitive Green stars Lord John Grey s older brother, Hal and his wife, Minnie Jamie makes a cameo in this one A Leaf on the Wind of All Hallows is about Roger Mackenzie s parents during WWII, Frank Randall makes a brief cameo i Realizing that Outlander fans are craving that third season, a collection of Outlander novellas packaged all in one book is the perfect remedy to beat the drought There are three Lord John Grey novellas The Custom of the Army, A Plague of Zombies, and Beseiged A Fugitive Green stars Lord John Grey s older brother, Hal and his wife, Minnie Jamie makes a cameo in this one A Leaf on the Wind of All Hallows is about Roger Mackenzie s parents during ...Too many Lord John stories, why keep writing about one of the most boring characters in the series I mean, he already has his own series, so why not write about the dozens of other characters that we ve not heard much from Anything would beinteresting than what we get with John Lord John s stories are always the same, him being put in some war battle type situation and then him ultimately saving the day, interspersed with him lus... Seven Stones to Stand or Fall contains seven Outlander stories, two of which are new Since the others have been out for some time and I was already familiar with them, I ll leave them be but the only reason Seven Stones gets 4 STARS is because I love The Space Between and A Leaf on the Wind of All Hallows As for the two new stories, Fugitive Green and Besieged Fugitive Green 3 STARS has its moments, and teenage Minnie s take no shit spunk might fill the Claire shaped hole in your Seven Stones to Stand or Fall contains seven Outlander stories, two of which are new Since the others have been out for some time and I was already familiar with them, I ll leave them be but the only reason Seven Stones gets 4 STARS is because I love The Space Between and A Leaf on the Wind of All Hallows As for the two new st...Each novella and short story in this book is part of the Outlander universe I do have my favorites A Plague of Zombies Jamaica, 1761 Lord John is sent to put down a slave rebellion A Leaf on the Wind of All Hallows 1941 43 We discover what really happened to Roger McKenzie s parents A Fugitive Green 1744 45 Harold, Earl Melton and Duke of Pardloe, and Minnie s story.All the novellas and short stories were good Each added information to the Outlander universe I would highly recommend thi Each novella and short story in this book is part of the Outlander universe I do have my favorites A Plague of Zombies Jamaica, 1761 Lord John is sent to put down a ...SEVEN STONES TO STAND OR FALL is a collection of stories set in the Outlander world by Diana Gabaldon When this massive book reached my doorstep, I thought it was going to be a full length book but actually it s an anthology of short stories Now I hesitate with calling them short stories because while they shorter in comparison to Gabaldon s other books, the stories included here are all pretty long.Gabaldon approaches each of these stories the same way as she does with each novel The chara SEVEN STONES TO STAND OR FALL is a collection of stories set in the Outlander world by Diana Gabaldon When this massive book reached my doorstep, I thought it was going to be a full length book but actually it s an anthology of short stories Now I hesitate with calling them short stories because while they shorter in comparison to Gabaldon s other books, the stories included here are all pretty long.Gabaldon approaches each of these stories the same way as she does with each novel The characterization is developed right from the beginning and there s the same le... Seven Stones to Stand or Fall is a 500ish page collection of mostly novellas set in Gabaldon s Outlander universe All but two of the novellas were previously published in short story anthologies The remaining two are new I do not recommend picking up this collection if you aren t already a fan of the books Most of the stories would be entertaining enough to read, but you re not going to get optimal enjoyment out of them without the context of the main series or the Lord John books, which Seven Stones to Stand or Fall is a 500ish page collection of mostly novellas set in Gabaldon s Outlander universe All but two of the novellas were previously published in short story anthologie...I was quite pleased with A Fugitive Green and Besieged , the only new stories in the collection The Duke of Pardloe increases in fascination with each appearance I gave the collection itself three stars because I really dislike the publisher packaging the other st...I d already read 4 of the 6 stories in this collection before thanks to scooping up a copy of the UK only book, A Trail of Fire, on a trip to London a few years ago, but despite the two new stories here, it s A Leaf on the Wind of All Hallows that I still liked the most Gabaldon takes you straight into the gut gripping fear that every young man fighting in the Battle of Britain in WWII must have grappled with And for Roger to have this brief glimpse of his father is both heart breaking and I d already read 4 of the 6 stories in this collection before thanks to scooping up a copy of the UK only book, A Trail of Fire, on a trip to London a few years ago, but despite the two new stories here, it s A Leaf on t...

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24 February 2017

Diana Gabaldon