The Outlander, Gil Adamson
The Outlander, Gil Adamson
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The Outlander

Author: Gil Adamson

Narrator: Sabryn Rock

Unabridged: 12 hr 23 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 02/19/2019


Synopsis

In 1903, a mysterious, desperate woman flees alone across the West, one quick step ahead of the law. She has just become a widow by her own hand. Two vengeful brothers and a pack of bloodhounds track her across the wilderness. She is nineteen years old and half mad.

Gil Adamson’s extraordinary award-winning novel opens in heart-pounding mid-flight and propels the reader through a gripping road trip with a twist — the steely outlaw in this story is a grief-stricken young woman. Along the way she encounters characters of all stripes — unsavoury, wheedling, greedy, lascivious, self-reliant, and occasionally generous and trustworthy. Part historical novel, part Gothic tale, and part literary Western, The Outlander is an original and unforgettable read, now available in a new edition to coincide with the release of the long-awaited follow-up, Ridgerunner.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Karen on February 16, 2021

1903, in the Canadian wilderness.. widow, Mary Boulton, 19 yrs old.. is on the run for her life, being tracked down by her two brother-in-laws for the murder of her husband. Mary came from a wealthy family, and as soon as she had a suitor, her father married her off, for fear of her becoming a spinst......more

Goodreads review by Nancy on January 26, 2009

I thoroughly enjoyed this book—it’s a real page turner. It concerns a young woman who murders her husband and is on the run. The characters she encounters on her journey remind me in a way of “The Odyssey.”—The loner who saves Mary's life and steals her heart; the mining town minister who becomes he......more

Goodreads review by Mary on August 30, 2011

Well, I read this all the way through, so that's something, I guess. Seems I cared enough to see how it would end, so I had to give it another star for that reason. In the books defense, I think the author almost created a female Homer's Odyssey, and that's what kept me coming back to it. A lot of ru......more

Goodreads review by Ron on December 10, 2013

Gil Adamson's first novel bolts off the opening page: Men with hounds are chasing a young woman through the woods at night. Nineteen-year-old Mary Boulton has murdered her husband and now, still wearing a black mourning dress made from curtains, she's running from her brothers-in-law, massive, red-h......more