So, for the reader’s convenience, the detailed listing here shows the sequence of the various elements in terms of the storyline. Some of the Bulges also fall in this period others don’t. Most of the shorter Lord John novels and novellas (so far) fit within a large lacuna left in the middle of VOYAGER in the years between 17.

The description below explains which characters appear in which stories. All of the novellas feature people from the main series, including Jamie and/or Claire on occasion.

( THE SCOTTISH PRISONER, for example, features both Lord John and Jamie Fraser in a shared story). The shorter novels focus on the adventures of Lord John Grey but intersect with the larger books. The Big Books of the main series deal with the lives and times of Claire and Jamie Fraser. These deal frequently-but not exclusively-with secondary characters, are prequels or sequels, and/or fill some lacuna left in the original story lines. The Bulges-These being short(er) pieces that fit somewhere inside the story lines of the novels, much in the nature of squirming prey swallowed by a large snake. The Shorter, Less Indescribable Novels that are more or less historical mysteries (though dealing also with battles, eels, and mildly deviant sexual practices). Note that the major novels should be read in order.Ģ. These are numbered from I through X (Roman numerals) in the chronology. The Big, Enormous Books, (aka the nine major novels published so far in the Outlander series) that have no discernible genre (or all of them). Here Claire plans to reveal a truth as shocking as the events that gave it birth: the secret of an ancient circle of standing stones, the secret of a love that transcends centuries, and the truth of a man named Jamie Fraser-a Highland warrior whose gallantry once drew the young Claire from the security of her century to the dangers of his.Ĭlaire’s spellbinding journey continues through the intrigue-ridden French court and the menace of Jacobite plots, to the Highlands of Scotland, through war and death in a desperate fight to save both the child and the man she loves.The Outlander series includes three kinds of stories:ġ. But now she is returning with her grown daughter to the mysteries of Scotland’s mist-shrouded Highlands. Now Gabaldon returns to that extraordinary time and place in this vivid, powerful sequel to Outlander.įor twenty years, Claire Randall has kept her secrets. With her classic novel Outlander, Diana Gabaldon introduced two unforgettable characters-Claire Randall and Jamie Fraser-delighting readers with a story of adventure and love that spanned two centuries. “A triumph! A powerful tale layered in history and myth. The second book in Diana Gabaldon’s acclaimed Outlander saga, the basis for the Starz original series.

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