The saga of the great love of Claire Randall and Jamie Fraser—love that fears neither space nor time—has captured the hearts of millions of readers around the world. Twenty years ago, Claire Randall, using the magic of an ancient stone circle, returned from the past, escaping an inevitable death and saving her unborn child. She lived in the modern world for twenty years, continuing to love the one whom centuries had separated from her. But now, when she learns that her beloved Jamie Fraser survived the terrible battle, nothing can hold her here. Claire returns without hesitation to 18th-century Scotland to find Jamie.
However, in these years each of them has experienced too much. Is Jamie still the admirable man Claire once loved? Can they rekindle the passionate, deep feeling that once bound them together?