"Great addition to this series"
In 1770 the Colonial Governor of North Carolina Tryon
drafts Jamie Fraser to head up a militia that is to help
rout the rebellious Regulators. Jamie names his son-in-law
Roger MacKenzie, who just married his daughter Briana, as
an officer in his unit. Roger makes it clear that Jemmy is
his son regardless of whether he came from his seed or that
of Bree's
rapist Stephen Bonnet. While Claire practices medicine,
Jamie continues to search for information on Bonnet. Bonnet and an associate accost Jamie's Aunt Jocasta and
her new husband in their home in search of gold brought
from Scotland during the last failed Stuart effort to
regain the throne. The adventures of Jamie, Roger, Claire
and Bree continue as they struggle with health problems and
finding Bonnet. The latest adventures of Diana Gabaldron's time
traveling trio and Jamie are as exciting and insightful as
any of its predecessors. Readers see inside the
character's hearts and know they remain true to form. The
audience also obtains a wondrous look at North Carolina
prior to the Revolution. The story line is loaded with
action through the deeds and motives of the four prime
players. Fans of the series will be delighted with this
novel and there are threads left dangling for another mega
epic from the great author. Harriet Klausner
Reviewed by Harriet Klausner
Posted September 12, 2001
The year is 1771. The American War of Independence is fast
approaching. And it seems that Jamie Fraser and his wife,
Claire, and their beloved family are fated to be in the
thick of things once again.
Summary2001 Romantic Times Reviewers' Choice
Award Winner - Best Historical Novel
The year is 1771, and war is coming. Jamie Fraser's wife
tells him so. Little as he wishes to, he must believe it,
for hers is a gift of dreadful prophecy — a time-traveler's
certain knowledge.
Born in the year of Our Lord 1918, Claire Randall served
England as a nurse on the battlefields of World War II, and
in the aftermath of peace found fresh conflicts when she
walked through a cleftstone on the Scottish Highlands and
found herself an outlander, an English lady in a place
where no lady should be, in a time — 1743 — when the only
English in Scotland were the officers and men of King
George's army.
Now wife, mother, and surgeon, Claire is still an
outlander, out of place, and out of time, but now, by
choice, linked by love to her only anchor — Jamie Fraser.
Her unique view of the future has brought him both danger
and deliverance in the past; her knowledge of the oncoming
revolution is a flickering torch that may light his way
through the perilous years ahead — or ignite a
conflagration that will leave their lives in ashes....
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