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. Claire's 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...

A Breath of Snow and Ashes continues the extraordinary story of 18th-century Scotsman Jamie Fraser and his 20th-century wife, Claire. The year is 1772, and on the eve of the American Revolution, the long fuse of rebellion has already been lit. Men lie dead in the streets of Boston, and in the backwoods of North Carolina, isolated cabins burn in the forest. With chaos brewing, the governor calls upon Jamie Fraser to unite the backcountry and safeguard...

Desde el momento en que anida en su corazón la esperanza de que James Fraser haya sobrevivido la guerra entre ingleses y escoceses, Claire Randall decide emprender un nuevo viaje en el tiempo para reunirse con él. El traslado es un éxito y los amantes están juntos otra vez, pero la felicidad se empaña cuando las circunstancias los obligan a iniciar una larga travesía hacia las exóticas y desconocidas costas del Caribe. Allá lejos, entre las...