Seven Stones to Stand or Fall (Outlander) - A Collection of Outlander Short Stories

Diana Gabaldon

Arrow Books Ltd

2018

544 páginas

18h 8m

ISBN-10: 178475109X

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.

Resenhas (43)

4 (Muito bom)

Sete pedras, sete histórias

Eu amo o universo de Outlander, para mim todos os livros de Outlander são 5 estrelas, então é óbvio que eu tinha altas expectativas com esse livro.
Inicialmente eu achei que seriam histórias de outras pessoas que fizeram viagem no tempo, o título me levou a pensar isso. Porém, no primeiro conto já notei que seriam histórias de personagens de Outlander e que nada teria a ver com a viagem no tempo.
Algumas histórias são boas e outras nem tanto, algumas não agregaram em nada a história de Outlander e outras foram sem pé nem cabeça.
Acho que vale a leitura para quem gosta de Outlander, mas é bom saber que não chega perto de ser cativante e envolvente como os livros principais.