Seven Stones to Stand or Fall

A Collection of Outlander Fiction

By: Diana Gabaldon

Narrated by: Robert Ian MacKenzie, Allan Scott-Douglas, Davina Porter, Jeff Woodman, Diana Gabaldon

The author presents a collection of seven short stories set in the Outlander universe, never before published together, including two original stories and featuring beloved character Jamie Fraser.

"Beseiged": Protagonist is Lord John Grey, a secondary character in the Outlander novels and a main protagonist of the Lord John novels, Diana's related series (never before published).

"A Fugitive Green": Protagonist is Hal Grey, John's brother (never before published).

"Virgins": Protagonists are Jamie Fraser at age 19 and his friend and future brother-in-law, Ian Murray. (Originally published in the Tor Books anthology Dangerous Women in 2013. Dell published as an individual e-novella in 4/2016.)

"The Space Between": Protagonist is Michael Murray, who is the son of Ian and Jenny Murray (Jenny is Jamie's sister and a main character in her own right in both the books and TV show). (Originally published in the Tor anthology The Mad Scientist's Guide to World Domination in 2012 and as an individual e-novella by Dell in 4/2014.)

"A Leaf on the Wind of All Hallows": Tells the story of the parents of Roger Wakefield (a major character in the books, just introduced at the end of the second season of the show and will continue to grow in importance); features Claire's husband, Frank Randall. (Originally published in the Gallery anthology Songs of Love and Death in 2010 and as an individual e-novella by Dell in 12/2012.)

"The Custom of the Army": Protagonist is Lord John Grey. (Originally published in the Tor anthology Warriors (1) in 2010. Dell published as an e-novella in May 2012.)

"Lord John and the Plague of Zombies": Protagonist is Lord John Grey. (Originally published in Ace anthology Down These Strange Streets in 2012. Dell published as an e-novella in 2013).

©2016 Diana Gabaldon (P)2017 Recorded Books

seven stones to fall

Excellent, wonderful story telling. as always with
Diana Gabaldon, have read it many times, as I have all her books. I now want to have continuing stories on all these characters

Loved it

Loved this collection of stories. I'm thinking about re reading the whole outlander series again now.

Great listrning!

It was over before I realized...in other words ...I wanted more, please! Thanks Diana for the journeys Heughan!

Very enjoyable.

This book answered many things that I had wondered about in the Outlander series. Also, I have a better understanding of the background players. It's a nice summer type read. During an Outlander dry spell, the book fills a gap.

excellent

This collection of stories was well written and totally intertaining . the verity of narrators made a big difference.

Great filler to main story

Would you consider the audio edition of Seven Stones to Stand or Fall to be better than the print version?

Absolutely! Listening to the voice inflections gives so much more enjoyment to the story.

What other book might you compare Seven Stones to Stand or Fall to and why?

Outlander Series

What about the narrators’s performance did you like?

There were a few narrators and all gave good performances.

If you were to make a film of this book, what would the tag line be?

Cannot do that with this book since there are 7 different stories. They all do connect with the Outlander series.

Any additional comments?

Love Audio. I listen in the car or while cleaning house or doing jigsaw puzzles.

Outstanding!

I enjoyed listening to a variety of narrators and really appreciate the explanation of where these side stories fit in the timeline of the original series .

I got too used to Davin porters voice!

really nice background on some of the characters really appreciated having them the only reason I gave the performance for stars is because I really love Divina Porter's narration of all the characters and it was a little awkward hearing them in someone else's voice

Interesting side stories

Not the usual fascinating Outlander tale, plods very slowly in places. But some good "fill-in" material.

Enjoyed

Enjoyed not only the stories, but the narrators as well. Hoping the males & female will be combined in future books for the characters.