In this sixth Outlander book, time-traveling doctor Claire is settled into life in the 18th Century Carolinas. She has her husband Jamie, their daughter Brianna, and various friends and family living around them on Fraser's Ridge. But when Brianna and her husband Roger came back from the 1960s (just roll with it, k?), they brought news of an article in a local paper, proclaiming that Jamie and Claire had died in a fire at their home in 1775, and that "prophecy" is hanging over their heads. Throw in the brewing political tensions leading up to the Revolutionary War, as well as some delicate relations with Native Americans, and well, there's a lot to tiptoe around here.
It's been a few years since I read the book leading up to this one (The Fiery Cross), so it took me a bit to get back into the swing of things, but once I did, the characters and their hard mountain living came roaring back in full swing. I'll be honest though — at this point in the series, the various kidnappings of Claire and Brianna are starting to wear thin, and by about 700 pages, I was ready for the book to end. It's not the best entry in the series, and it'll probably be a minute before I pick up the next one. Still, Gabaldon gets props for historical accuracy.
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