An Echo in the BoneThe seventh Outlander novel from #1 National Bestselling author Diana Gabaldon. Jamie Fraser, erstwhile Jacobite and reluctant rebel, knows three things about the American rebellion: the Americans will win, unlikely as that seems in 1778; being on the winning side is no guarantee of survival; and he’d rather die than face his illegitimate son—a young lieutenant in the British Army—across the barrel of a gun. Fraser’s time-travelling wife, Claire, also knows a couple of things: that the Americans will win, but that the ultimate price of victory is a mystery. What she does believe is that the price won’t include Jamie’s life or happiness—not if she has anything to say. Claire’s grown daughter Brianna, and her husband, Roger, watch the unfolding of Brianna’s parents’ history—a past that may be sneaking up behind their own family. |
Contents
LONG ISLAND | 79 |
AN UNCERTAIN FUTURE | 107 |
A KNIFE THAT KNOWS MY HAND | 134 |
CORRESPONDENCE FROM | 333 |
A FLURRY OF SUSPICION | 481 |
THE PLOT THICKENS | 488 |
THE GREAT DISMAL | 522 |
PURGATORY | 535 |
SEPARATED FOREVER FROM | 788 |
DESPOILER | 847 |
A STATE OF CONFLICT | 869 |
ONE EWE LAMB RETURNS | 892 |
SIC TRANSIT GLORIA MUNDI | 921 |
BY THE WIND GRIEVED | 927 |
OLD DEBTS | 940 |
COUNTING SHEEP | 996 |
PLAIN SPEECH | 563 |
A MATTER OF CONSCIENCE | 571 |
THE BLESSING OF BRIDE AND OF MICHAEL | 583 |
SHELTER FROM THE STORM | 593 |
PART FIVE To the Precipice | 609 |
CROSSROAD | 611 |
COUNTDOWN 611 | 617 |
FRIENDS | 622 |
THREE ARROWS | 631 |
LEY LINES | 636 |
HIGH PLACES | 651 |
HENRY | 659 |
CONFLAGRATION | 676 |
MOUNT INDEPENDENCE | 690 |
RETURN OF THE NATIVE | 693 |
RETREAT | 695 |
WHILE STILL ALIVE | 698 |
THE DESERTER GAME | 712 |
INDEPENDENCE DAY | 725 |
BATTLE OF BENNINGTON | 737 |
DESERTER GAME ROUND II | 743 |
NO BETTER COMPANION THAN THE RIFLE | 753 |
PART SEVEN Reap the Whirlwind | 1005 |
SON OF A WITCH | 1007 |
VALLEY FORGE 1007 | 1023 |
SEVERANCE AND REUNION | 1041 |
RATHER MESSY | 1055 |
INKSTAINED WRETCH | 1063 |
ARMED WITH DIAMONDS AND WITH STEEL | 1074 |
FOOTSTEPS | 1078 |
INDEPENDENCE DAY II | 1080 |
A SERIES OF SHORT SHARP SHOCKS | 1084 |
THE PATHS OF DEATH | 1091 |
NUMBNESS | 1095 |
FIREFLY | 1106 |
NEXUS | 1109 |
MISCHIANZA | 1119 |
A BUTTERFLY IN A BUTCHERS YARD | 1125 |
LADY IN WAITING | 1126 |
REDIVIVUS | 1132 |
BRED IN THE BONE | 1142 |
THE HOUR OF THE WOLF | 1146 |
Authors Notes | 1151 |
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