The Fiery Cross (novel)
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| Author | Diana Gabaldon |
|---|---|
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Series | Outlander series (book 5) |
| Genre(s) | Historical novels |
| Publisher | Delacorte Press |
| Released | November 6, 2001 |
| Media type | Print (Paperback) |
| Pages | 992 pp |
| ISBN | ISBN 0-385-31527-9 |
| Preceded by | Drums of Autumn |
| Followed by | A Breath of Snow and Ashes |
The Fiery Cross is book five in the best-selling Outlander series, written by Diana Gabaldon.
Diana Gabaldon (born January 11, 1952) is an American author of Mexican and English ancestry. Her most successful books are the best-selling Outlander series; The Fiery Cross is the fifth installment in the six book series.
Gabaldon's books are difficult to classify by genre, since they contain elements of romantic fiction, historical fiction, and science fiction (in the form of time travel). The stories center around a time-travelling 20th-century doctor (Clare Randall Fraser) and her 18th-century Scottish husband (Jamie Fraser), and are located in Scotland, France, and America.
The heroine of the bestselling Outlander, Claire, returns in The Fiery Cross as a reluctant oracle and wife to Jamie Fraser, her 18th century lover, and facing the politics and turmoil of the forthcoming American Revolution. As the preceding novel, Drums of Autumn, concluded with Jamie Fraser and his wife Claire helping their daughter and new son-in-law, from the 20th century, settle into life on Fraser's Ridge, The Fiery Cross picks up the storyline exactly where it was left - with Brianna Ellen Randall Fraser and Roger Mackenzie about to make their nuptials official and baptise their son Jeremiah. With the American Revolution now only a few years away and unrest brewing Jamie is called to form a militia to put down the beginnings of rebellion in North Carolina, and risking his life for a king he knows he must betray - and soon. Gabaldon delivers the endings to several strands of storyline she had woven through Drums of Autumn, mysterious plots and characters are revealed in the course of this intricate plot - leaving the Frasers and their family poised on the edge of war.
The Fiery Cross is an involved story of the Frasers and the intricate web of their lives and family, of devotion and hope, trust and friendship, and characters reunited. As the fifth in what is now a six book series of Claire Randall Fraser and her highlander husband Jamie, the story is an integral step in a bestselling and surprisingly rich tale spanning from the Scottish Rising to the American Revolution.
[edit] Other works
- Outlander (1991) (Published in the UK as Cross Stitch)
- Dragonfly in Amber (1992)
- Voyager (1994)
- Drums of Autumn (1997)
- The Outlandish Companion (nonfiction) (1999)
- The Fiery Cross (2001)
- Lord John and the Private Matter (2003)
- Lord John and the Succubus - novella, in Legends II, edited by Robert Silverberg (2004)
- A Breath of Snow and Ashes (2005)
[edit] Trivia
- The cover artwork of the Novel bears a similarity to the symbol used in first-person shooter computer game Quake.
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Outlander • Dragonfly in Amber • Voyager • Drums of Autumn • The Fiery Cross • A Breath of Snow and Ashes |
