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
SOMETIMES THEYRE REALLY DEAD | 3 |
AND SOMETIMES THEY ARENT | 18 |
LIFE FOR LIFE | 31 |
NOT YET AWHILE | 36 |
MORALITY FOR TIMETRAVELERS | 46 |
PART TWO Blood Sweat and Pickles | 55 |
LONG ISLAND | 57 |
AN UNCERTAIN FUTURE | 76 |
COUNTDOWN | 437 |
FRIENDS | 441 |
THREE ARROWS | 447 |
LEY LINES | 451 |
HIGH PLACES | 461 |
HENRY | 467 |
RESERVATIONS | 470 |
EXODUS | 472 |
SPRING THAW | 81 |
A KNIFE THAT KNOWS MY HAND | 96 |
FIRESHIP | 99 |
TRANSVERSE LIE | 106 |
ENOUGH | 122 |
UNREST | 124 |
DELICATE MATTERS | 127 |
THE BLACK CHAMBER | 133 |
UNARMED CONFLICT | 142 |
WEE DEMONS | 154 |
PULLING TEETH | 163 |
AE FOND KISS | 183 |
REGRET | 199 |
THE MINISTERS CAT | 213 |
FLUTTERBY | 232 |
PART THREE Privateer | 235 |
CORRESPONDENCE FROM THE FRONT | 237 |
JOYEUX NÖEL | 241 |
THE BOSOM OF THE DEEP | 254 |
STAG AT BAY | 259 |
TUNNEL TIGERS | 272 |
HILLTOPS | 276 |
CONVERSATION WITH A HEADMASTER | 280 |
SHIPS THAT PASS IN THE NIGHT | 284 |
A GUIDED TOUR THROUGH THE CHAMBERS OF THE HEART | 302 |
PART FOUR Conjunction | 339 |
A FLURRY OF SUSPICION | 341 |
THE PLOT THICKENS | 346 |
PSALMS 30 | 351 |
TICONDEROGA | 363 |
THE GREAT DISMAL | 369 |
PURGATORY | 379 |
PLAIN SPEECH 398 369 | 398 |
A MATTER OF CONSCIENCE | 404 |
THE BLESSING OF BRIDE AND OF MICHAEL | 413 |
SHELTER FROM THE STORM | 420 |
PART FIVE To the Precipice | 431 |
CROSSROAD | 433 |
THE BRITISH ARE COMING 52 CONFLAGRATION | 479 |
MOUNT INDEPENDENCE | 489 |
RETURN OF THE NATIVE | 491 |
RETREAT | 493 |
WHILE STILL ALIVE | 495 |
THE DESERTER GAME | 505 |
INDEPENDENCE DAY | 514 |
BATTLE OF BENNINGTON | 522 |
DESERTER GAME ROUND II | 527 |
ONE JUST MAN | 543 |
A GENTLEMAN CALLER | 564 |
A STATE OF CONFLICT | 617 |
SIC TRANSIT GLORIA MUNDI | 654 |
MEMORARAE | 665 |
PURGATORY II | 694 |
PART SEVEN Reap the Whirlwind | 713 |
SON OF A WITCH | 715 |
VALLEY FORGE | 726 |
SEVERANCE AND REUNION | 738 |
RATHER MESSY | 748 |
INKSTAINED WRETCH | 754 |
ARMED WITH DIAMONDS AND WITH STEEL | 761 |
FOOTSTEPS | 764 |
INDEPENDENCE DAY II | 766 |
A SERIES OF SHORT SHARP SHOCKS | 768 |
THE PATHS OF DEATH | 773 |
NUMBNESS | 776 |
FIREFLY | 784 |
NEXUS | 786 |
MISCHIANZA | 793 |
A BUTTERFLY IN A BUTCHERS YARD | 797 |
LADY IN WAITING | 798 |
REDIVIVUS 802 | 802 |
BRED IN THE BONE | 809 |
THE HOUR OF THE WOLF | 812 |
Authors Notes | 817 |
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