

In the past, that knowledge has brought both danger and deliverance to Jamie and Claire. By his side his extraordinary wife, Claire, a woman out of time and out of place, blessed with the uneasy gift of the knowledge of what is to come. Exiled form his beloved Scotland, he is at last possessed of the land he has longed for. Between them stands Jamie Fraser, a man of honour, a man of worth. 5 1424 pages 1771: the Colony of North Carolina stands in an uneasy balance, with the rich colonial aristocracy on one side and the struggling pioneers of the back country on the other. Wrap around cover design uncredited with images courtesy of Mary Evans Picture Library and calligraphy by Stephen Raw.

First printing of Arrow first UK mass market edition with full number line, 2002. Light shelf and edge wear with some cover scuffing, slight foxing to endpapers and edges of reading block.
