Claire Randall is leading a double life. She has a husband in one
century, anda lover in another...
In 1945, Claire Randall, a former combat nurse, is back from the war
andreunited with her husband on a second honeymoon--when she innocently
touches aboulder in one of the ancient stone circles that dot the
British Isles.Suddenly she is a Sassenach--an "outlander"--in a Scotland
torn by war andraiding border clans in the year of our Lord...1743.
Hurled back in time by forces she cannot understand, Claire's destiny in
sooninextricably intertwined with Clan MacKenzie and the forbidden
Castle Leoch.She is catapulted without warning into the intrigues of
lairds and spies thatmay threaten her life ...and shatter her heart. For
here, James Fraser, agallant young Scots warrior, shows her a passion so
fierce and a love soabsolute that Claire becomes a woman torn between
fidelity and desire...andbetween two vastly different men in two
irreconcilable lives.
"Absorbing and heartwarming...lavishly evokes the land and lore
ofScotland."
"--Publishers Weekly"
"Stunning!"
"--Los Angeles Daily News"
"It is a large canvas that Gabaldon paints, filled with strong passions
andderring-do. Strong willed and sensual, Claire is an engaging modern
heroineplopped down in a simpler, more primitive time.... Great fun
...marvelous andfantastic adventures, romance, sex ...perfect escape
reading!"
"--San Francisco Chronicle"
