An echo in the bone

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Also by Diana Gabaldon

(in order of publication)

THE OUTLANDER SERIES

OUTLANDER

DRAGONFLY IN AMBER

VOYAGER

DRUMS OF AUTUMN

THE OUTLANDISH COMPANION

(nonfiction)

THE FIERY CROSS

A BREATH OF SNOW AND ASHES

THE LORD JOHN SERIES

LORD JOHN AND THE PRIVATE MATTER

LORD JOHN AND THE BROTHERHOOD OF THE BLADE

LORD JOHN AND THE HAND OF DEVILS

To all my good dogs:

Pe

Tipper John

John

Flip

Archie and Ed

Tippy

Spots

Emily

Ajax

Molly

Gus

Homer and JJ

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

It takes me a good three years to write one of these books, during which time I constantly ask people questions, and during which time helpful people offer me fascinating bits of information that I didn’t think to ask for. I’ll never remember them all, but think of them all with enormous gratitude.In addition, I wish to offer grateful thanks to …

… John Flicker and Bill Massey, my editors, both gentlemen of gall and kidney, who coped nobly with a book written in pieces (lots of pieces), and an author who lives dangerously.… Da

Contents

Prologue

PART ONE

A Troubling of the Waters

1. SOMETIMES THEY’RE REALLY DEAD

2. AND SOMETIMES THEY AREN’T

3. LIFE FOR LIFE

4. NOT YET AWHILE

5. MORALITY FOR TIME-TRAVELERS

PART TWO

Blood, Sweat, and Pickles

6. LONG ISLAND

7. AN UNCERTAIN FUTURE

8. SPRING THAW

9. A KNIFE THAT KNOWS MY HAND

10. FIRESHIP

11. TRANSVERSE LIE

12. ENOUGH

13. UNREST

14. DELICATE MATTERS

15. THE BLACK CHAMBER

16. UNARMED CONFLICT

17. WEE DEMONS

18. PULLING TEETH

19. AE FOND KISS

20. I REGRET …

21. THE MINISTER’S CAT

22. FLUTTERBY

PART THREE

Privateer

23. CORRESPONDENCE FROM THE FRONT

24. JOYEUX NÖEL

25. THE BOSOM OF THE DEEP

26. STAG AT BAY

27. TUNNEL TIGERS

28. HILLTOPS

29. CONVERSATION WITH A HEADMASTER

30. SHIPS THAT PASS IN THE NIGHT

31. A GUIDED TOUR THROUGH THE CHAMBERS OF THE HEART

PART FOUR

Conjunction

32. A FLURRY OF SUSPICION

33. THE PLOT THICKENS

34. PSALMS, 30

35. TICONDEROGA

36. THE GREAT DISMAL

37. PURGATORY

38. PLAIN SPEECH

39. A MATTER OF CONSCIENCE

40. THE BLESSING OF BRIDE AND OF MICHAEL

41. SHELTER FROM THE STORM

PART FIVE

To the Precipice

42. CROSSROAD

43. COUNTDOWN

44. FRIENDS

45. THREE ARROWS

46. LEY LINES

47. HIGH PLACES

48. HENRY

49. RESERVATIONS

50. EXODUS

51. THE BRITISH ARE COMING

52. CONFLAGRATION

53. MOUNT INDEPENDENCE

54. RETURN OF THE NATIVE

55. RETREAT

56. WHILE STILL ALIVE

57. THE DESERTER GAME

58. INDEPENDENCE DAY

59. BATTLE OF BENNINGTON

60. DESERTER GAME, ROUND II

61. NO BETTER COMPANION THAN THE RIFLE

62. ONE JUST MAN

63. SEPARATED FOREVER FROM MY FRIENDS AND KIN

64. A GENTLEMAN CALLER

65. HAT TRICK

66. DEATHBED

67. GREASIER THAN GREASE

68. DESPOILER

69. TERMS OF SURRENDER

70. SANCTUARY

PART SIX

Coming Home

71. A STATE OF CONFLICT