Tome Thursday: A Fugitive Green

Hello everyone!

After the mini-break this Tuesday (because I spent most of the day with my family just enjoying myself, really), I'm BACK with another blog post!

And of course I'm back with a Diana Gabaldon book.

Novella, actually.

Honestly, I've been going through her Seven Stones to Stand or Fall collection and enjoying the heck out of it, which is probably why I don't mind talking about the individual stories from there really.

It's just one of those books you sort of have to take a look at when you can.

Even though it doesn't really feature our favourite Frasers, it DOES bring us a plethora of other supporting characters, not to mention we get to check in with some who we haven't seen since who knows which main book.

Besides, it's good to just immerse yourself in a different story every once in a while, after all.

So without further ado, let's jump right into it, and see what it is that A Fugitive Green has in store for us, shall we?

Sepulchre (Booktober)

"For in truth, this story begins not with the absence of bones in a Parisian graveyard, but with the deck of cards: the Vernier Tarot."

 

If you're looking for something appropriately spooky and thrilling to make your way towards Halloween, I strongly suggest Sepulchre, by Kate Mosse. The second in her Languedoc trilogy, you don't necessarily need to read the first book to understand it, but it does bring the magic of Occitan France, tarot cards, intrigue, some ancient spells, and a centuries-old vendetta. 

It's been a while since I've read it myself, but I remember well enough how high into the air I jumped when the tomb itself (sepulchre, natch) started doing things it wasn't supposed to.

The best part, however, is that it FEELS real!

1891. Seventeen-year-old Léonie Vernier and her brother abandon Paris for the sanctuary of their aunt's isolated country house near Carcassone, the Domaine de la Cade. But Léonie stumbles across a ruined sepulchre - and a timeless mystery whose traces are written in blood.

2007. Meredith Martin arrives at the Domaine de la Cade to research a biography. But Meredith is also seeking the key to her own complex legacy and becomes immersed in the story of tragic love, a missing girl, a unique deck of tarot cards and the strange events of one cataclysmic night a century ago ...

(from book jacket)

xx

*image not mine

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