Plague of Zombies: An Outlander Novella by Diana Gabaldon

Plague of Zombies: An Outlander Novella (Lord John Grey, #3.5)

by Diana Gabaldon

Set in 1761 in Jamaica, when Lord John is sent to command a battalion tasked with putting down a slave rebellion, and discovers a hitherto unsuspected affinity for snakes, cockroaches, and zombies.

This novella was originally published in 2011 in DOWN THESE STRANGE STREETS, a multi-author anthology edited by George R. R. Martin and Gardner Dozois.

This novella has been published under the alternate title “Lord John and A Plague of Zombies.”

Reviewed by Terri M. LeBlanc on

2 of 5 stars

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I'm a huge fan of Diana Gabaldon, but I have got to learn patience and stop messing around with her Lord John Grey novels and short stories. Except for The Scottish Prisoner, which did feature my favorite fictional crush, I'm always left disappointed and a bit baffled as to why I even pick these books up to begin with. However, I was kind of excited to read this short story. Gabaldon's books are usually rooted in reality, I wanted to see how she would explain zombies.

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