#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The sixth book in Diana Gabaldon’s acclaimed Outlander saga, the basis for the Starz original series.
“The large scope of the novel allows Gabaldon to do what she does best, paint in exquisite detail the lives of her characters.”—Booklist
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.
I have to admit that I thought the book was really dull up until the halfway mark... After that, I really found myself into the book and I couldn't put it down. Many of the plot lines were finally (FINALLY!!!) concluded after three or so books. While I had enjoyed the build up, it was very satisfying to see them concluded.
I think that this has got to be one of my favorite endings.... I thought it was brilliantly done. At first I thought it was being drawn out too much but in the end, I took it back. I think that if the series were to end with this one, it could have easily done that.
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