"Will appeal to lovers of historical fiction, romance and fantasy"

Once upon a time twentieth century American Dylan Matheson was transported through time by a fairy Sinnan Eire to the Scottish highlands to act as a protector for the country against the hated English. While there, Dylan met and fell in love with beautiful Highland lass Cait. He was going to marry her until the English declared him an outlaw and she was given in marriage to a Scottish lowlander.

After the Jacobite defeat at Sheffmuir, Dylan briefly returns to his own time to heal before being transported back to early eighteenth century Scotland, determined to find his Cait and their son. He goes to work for Cait's husband and through an unusual set of circumstances, finds a way to legally marry Cait. Dylan knows happiness for a brief time but when danger threatens them, he hopes that somebody from his time of birth will travel back in time to save the one he holds closest to his heart.

One of the most charming characters in this book is Sinnan, an adorable bumbling member of the fey, who tries, heart and soul, to make Dylan happy. The hero is an honorable, likable man who strives to do what he believes is right, no matter the personal cost. Based on actual historical events, OUTLAW SWORD will appeal to lovers of historical fiction, romance and fantasy. The author brings alive the Scottish Highlands just decades before Culloden.

Harriet Klausner

Reviewed by Harriet Klausner
Posted June 5, 2002

Summary

In Son of the Sword, J. Ardian Lee transported us to a land of unsurpassed beauty-at a time when its people faced their darkest hour. Now, in Outlaw Sword, we return with modern- day Dylan Matheson to eighteenth-century Scotland-where he is a hunted outlaw-as he faces every mortal danger to reunite with his true love and save his newborn son from the dark fate history has in store for him.