Available in mass market for the first time, Galbldons New York Times bestselling fifth novel in her beloved Outlander saga continues the tale of 18th-century Scotsman Jamie Fraser and his time-traveling 20th-century wife, Claire Randall. nNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - The fifth book in Diana Gabaldons acclaimed Outlander saga, the basis for the Starz original series. n A grand adventure written on a canvas that probes the heart, weighs the soul and measures the human spirit across [centuries].--CNN n nThe year is 1771, and war is coming. Jamie Frasers wife tells him so. Little as he wishes to, he must believe it, for hers is a gift of dreadful prophecy--a time-travelers certain knowledge. n nBorn 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 Georges army. n nNow 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.n