The Fiery Cross

Written by Diana Gabaldon

Narrated by Davina Porter

Diana Gabaldon is the New York Times bestselling author of Outlander, Dragonfly in Amber, Voyager, and Drums of Autumn. A masterful novel of passion and a love spanning centuries, The Fiery Cross is the highly anticipated, triumphant continuation of the phenomenally popular Outlander series.

Eighteenth-century Scotsman James Fraser and his 20th-century time-travelling wife, Claire Randall, have emigrated to the beautiful countryside of the Royal Colony of North Carolina. The year is now 1771, and dissidents are stirring throughout the American colonies. Claire forewarns James
of the impending war and the dangers it may bring to their clan. Will her knowledge of America’s tumultuous revolution be enough to guide them through a dangerously uncertain future?

• Language: English
• Publisher: Recorded Books, Inc.
• Release date: Nov 6, 2011
• ISBN: 9781464020162

Diana Gabaldon

DIANA GABALDON is the author of the award-winning, #1 New York Times best-selling Outlander novels, described by Salon magazine as “the smartest historical sci-fi adventure-romance story ever written by a science Ph.D.” She serves as co-producer and advisor for the Starz network Outlander series based on her novels.

Reviews for The Fiery Cross

[Jenn Huls · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

Way too long and too many details. Half as long and it would have been better

[swivelgal · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

This is book 5 of the Outlander series. I love this book. This is an important book in the Outlander series in that it contains many character defining moments.

[gregory_gwen · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

reading it again - got back on this series when I was home sick.

[frances aguilar · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

great book! lots of romance and action. it also has bit of history mixed in with time travel.

[nicolette · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

These books get progressively worse, and honestly, Briannas breasts had more character development than Brianna herself. But brilliantly narrated, great to have droning in the background while doing other things. The writer loves to hear (read?) herself talk and the book could have been half as long.

[Patricia Boyd · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

I love these books. They are alive with the readers.that read them!

[sir win · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

The story continues! Another great outlander book - enjoyed reading it

[Elizabeth McDermott · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Romance, adventure, mystery, history all in this one endearing book! The Outlander series is nothing short of exceptional. You don’t want to put it down. Davina Porter sounds much like Claire in the series which makes it that much more special. I recommend everyone read or listen to this whole series you won’t be disappointed!

[Wendy Constantinoff · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Extremely enjoyable. It's a shame book six isn't available. Next one listed is Book 7

[Lois Kerns-Marsh · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

I love the way these books are written, You can visualize every thing.

[Natalie Smith · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Diana’s story telling is phenomenal & Davina Porter is an exceptional narrator. Both these women deserve all the praises they get.

[Josh Rosenbaum · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

An Amazing heart wrenching story of true love, adventure and a family bond that stand the test of time.

[cathepsut · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

The fifth installment of the saga of Claire and Jamie. My recommendation: Read them in order, otherwise you literally loose the plot. Previous things get mentioned frequently without much of an explanation. And although I read all of them except for no. 2, I kept asking my mum (huge fan and proud owner of the compendium…) “what’s that, who’s this, what happened again there…?” No wonder with about a 1000 + pages a pop. A must for fans, although my mum and I both found this one here not exactly thrilling. Number 5 is getting a bit tired. The books, in order: “Cross Stitch”, Claire steps through the stone circle for the first time and gets transported back to the Scottish highlands of the 18th century, meets a mysterious stranger in a kilt and the rest is history……”Dragonfly in Amber”, where Claire and Jamie try to help Bonnie Prince Charlie…..”Voyager”, where Scottland gets increasingly unfriendly and the have to make tracks….”Drums of Autumn”, where they start afresh in the colony of North Carolina….“The Fiery Cross”, where the British start to piss the colonists off. Adventure, romance, swashbuckling, kilts, vengance and whatnot. Forget all those other trimetravelling romantic adventures. This was the first.

[Alice Grix · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Spell binding so beautifully written, brings Jamie so alive in your head.

[jaguar897 · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

I give this 3.5 stars.


I must say that I really must love DG in order to have read this one after everyone telling me how horrible it was going to be. After reading it I must declare myself a hardcore Outlander Series fan. *yay me!*

All the books in the Outlander series are pretty much bricks, however even though they’re extremely long they’re so good that you don’t even notice the pages flying by. There’s action, adventure, mystery, etc. With this one I don’t want to say it was all boring because it wasn’t but it was 979 pages of nothing. I really don’t think anything happened that was critical to the story line. The plot lines that were left off in Drums of Autumn were not resolved in this one. If anything I was left with even more questions. However, there were moments in this book that were very exciting but it just took 400 pages to get there. DG definitely could have used an editor in this one.

What was great about this book was the development of the character relationships. The readers really got to see how Jaime and Claire’s relationship have developed into this loving no-need to talk relationship, while Bree and Roger have overcome the humps in their relationship and have grown closer. I even found the secondary character relationships and interactions interesting. The last couple of chapters were very exciting and left me wanting more.

[cindyloumn · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

The outlander series I've been reading since forever!! I thought this one was very slow going. Liked Jaimie and Clare, dont' like Roger. Seems like she is bent on torturing him, to show his worth. there will be another sequal, as this one ended just before teh british war, and Ian returning from the mohawks.

[bilmich · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

My God. This is a wonderful series of books. Better than the TV series, which is very, very good. Just can’t get enough of story. Narration is EXCELLENT, too.

[Sandra M · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

While this book is likely the weakest written of her series, Diana Gabaldon has once again produced a terrific read! The hard copy of this book is 500+ pages so it’s not for the faint of heart.

[justine_3 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Series review: Fascinating and mostly very readable series even if it gets a little bit soap opera like at times. Rich with historical detail and description.

[mchrzanowski_7 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

This book got me back into the series. I was more into the oncoming revolutionary war and most definitely with all of the little things that ignited the flame. I found it to be very interesting, historically speaking, as well. There wasn't as much action, but it still held my interest. I was surprised to see such a low rating on Amazon, but once I read a few of them, I figured out why they didn't like it as much... not enough sex and too much history. Well, I thought it was good and a must read for those interested in the series.

[larry helm · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Great read! excellent story and great characters through out the book.

[Brittney Shindledecker · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

I love the entire Outlander series. The mysteries and twists along with simply hearing about each family’s journey is wonderful and well written.

[taconsolo_1 · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Wat can you possibly say about one of the most wonderful series written. Remarkable storyline, wonderfully rich caricatures, fabulous detail - I LOVE THIS SERIES!

[punxsygal · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Fifth volume in the Outlander series. While I enjoyed the book, I didn't feel it moved along as well as the others--it started with 2-300 pages of the first day. Doesn't make me long to go back to live in those days.

[Marina Watson · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

EXCELLENT! Devine Porter’s narration is exquisite! For me, it’s better than watching the series on TV, and I really like the TV series.

[kimberly66_1 · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

I've read the first 4 books in the series so quickly, I couldn't put them down. Book 5 in the series The Fiery Cross I lagged motivation to get through. I found I had to encourage myself to plug along to finish. Halfway through the story did improve and I was a little more eager to finish it. I'm not quite sure why I found it so hard to get through... perhaps it was because it detoured a little from the characters lives and dealt more with the politics leading up to the upcoming war.I am now halfway through A Breath of Snow and Ashes and once again find myself unable to put it down.Love...Love...Love this series!!!!!

[tvordj · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

As much as i love Diana Gabaldon's books and this series, I struggled through this one most of the time. I'm in the process of rereading the series and I remember having a time of it the first time around as well. I found it a bit too dragged out in many parts. Really, not a huge amount of progress in the overall plot of the series happens. They spend a lot of time planning and plotting how to find and kill Bonnet. They spend a lot of time thinking about what he did to Brianna. The first 200 or so pages alone takes place over a day or two at the Gathering. Everything that does happen is described in minute detail. It covers about 2 years in time, from the time Jemmy is an infant to where he's a bit over 2 years old, i think, no more than 3.Having said that, I can't rate the book badly because I do love the characters and even as a bridge to the next book, it's still good.

[asanath_2 · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Love it! The time travel, contrast between WWII and the 2nd Jacobean Rising, the romance (cause c'mon, who waouldn't want their own Jamie?), and how well Gabaldon ties it all together and makes it make sense. I can't wait to see what else she'll do!

[nellista_1 · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Gabaldon's dialogue is superb! As this is the fifth book in the series, I feel that I have come to know the major characters quite well. I can hear Jamie talk, and even see the way he moves. These books read like a TV drama series, but one unlike any ever seen before, because they would be so long, because you wouldn't want to loose any details. I would recommend this series to anyone! Although, be warned...the first day in the story goes for a long, long time!

[bsiemens_2 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

This is a great series to listen to in audio book because it moves slowly and inexorably along the plot, while presenting different perspectives to the story that is developing. And often, Diana Gabaldon writes one of the characters making a quirky observation - it brings the characters alive. Of course, this is only improved by the vocal flexibility of Davina Porter, the narrator.