Eagerly anticipated by her legions of fans, this sixth novel in Diana
Gabaldon's bestselling Outlander saga is a masterpiece of historical fiction
from one of the most popular authors of our time.
Since the initial publication of Outlander fifteen years ago, Diana Gabaldon's
“New York Times” bestselling saga has won the hearts of readers the world
over – and sold more than twelve million books. Now, 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 the colony for King and Crown. But from his wife Jamie
knows that three years hence the shot heard round the world will be fired, and
the result will be independence – with those loyal to the King either dead or
in exile. And there is also the matter of a tiny clipping from “The Wilmington
Gazette,” dated 1776, which reports Jamie's death, along with his kin. For
once, he hopes, his time-traveling family may be wrong about the future.