Diana Gabaldon- Lord John And The Hand Of Devils

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 In the heart of the eighteenth century, Lord John's world is one of mystery and menace; where allies have the power to destroy him with a single blow, As he ventures into an ominous unknown. his companions are haunted soldiers, sinister family secrets and lingering memories of a fiery-haired Scot named James Fraser.

 In The Hellfire Club, Lord John is drawn in by an attractive stranger in the doorway of a gentlemen's club, where he witnesses the shocking murder of a young diplomat. Vowing to avenge the death, he is led into a maze of political treachery and a debauched underground society the notorious Hellfire Club.

 In The Succubus, Grey's assignment to a regiment in Germany finds him caught between two threats: the advancing French and Austrian armies and the menace of a mysterious ' night-hag` who spreads fear and death among the troops.

 In The Haunted Soldier, Lord John is called to testify in the case of an exploding battlefield cannon and is forced to confront his own ghosts. Knee-deep in a morass of gunpowder, treason and plot, he is haunted by a dead lieutenant and followed by a man with no face.

 In tales seething with desire, madness and political intrigue Gabaldon once again proves that she can bring history to life like no one else.

 'History comes deliciously alive on the page' New York Daily News

 'Gabaldon is a born storyteller' Los Angeles Daily News