New York Times bestselling author Diana Gabaldon is a Quill and RITA Award winner from the Romantic Writers Association of America. She is the author of the wildly popular time-traveling romance series, the Outlander series, and international bestsellers including Outlander, Dragonfly in Amber, Voyager, Drums of Autumn, The Fiery Cross, “A Little Snow and Ash”, “Echoes of the Past”, “Written in the Blood of My Heart”. Her historical series about the unusual adventures of Lord John include the novels Lord John and the Private Affair, Lord John and the Brotherhood of the Blade, the novella Lord John and the Hellfire Club, and the collection of Lord John stories, Lord John and the Brotherhood of the Blade. Hand of the Devils." Her latest novels are two new books about Lord John: The Scottish Prisoner and the Head of the Red Ant, and a collection of novels, Trail of Fire. A guide to her books and reviews of her work are contained in The Outlandish Companion.

In the dynamic novella, which is printed below, young Jamie Fraser, who once became one of the heroes of the books about Outlander, he is forced to leave his home in Scotland and set out to wander the world, where many adventures await him, sometimes pleasant, sometimes decidedly unpleasant - and at times dangerous and dark.

This novella included in the Outlander series without a number because it is a spin-off from the series, additionally revealing some episodes from the first book in the series.

Text taken from the publication:

Deadly dangerous: [collection: trans. from English] comp. George R.R. Martin, Gardner Dozois. - Moscow: Publishing house. AST, 2015. - 768 p. - (Masters of Fantasy) - ISBN: 978-5-17-086715-8 - translation and notes by V. Vershovsky.