Written in My Own Heart's Blood

#1"NEWYORKTIMES"BESTSELLERInhernowclassicnovel"Outlander,"DianaGabaldontoldthestoryofClaireRandall,anEnglishex-combatnursewhowalksthroughastonecircleintheScottishHighlandsin1946,anddisappears...into1743.Thestoryunfoldedfromthereinsevenbestsellingnovels,andCNNhascalledit"agrandadventurewrittenonacanvasthatprobestheheart,weighsthesoulandmeasuresthehumanspiritacross[centuries]."Nowthestorycontinuesin"WritteninMyOwnHeart'sBlood."1778:FrancedeclareswaronGreatBritain,theBritisharmyleavesPhiladelphia,andGeorgeWashington'stroopsleaveValleyForgeinpursuit.Atthismoment,JamieFraserreturnsfromapresumedwaterygravetodiscoverthathisbestfriendhasmarriedhiswife,hisillegitimatesonhasdiscovered(tohishorror)whohisfatherreallyis,andhisbelovednephew,Ian,wantstomarryaQuaker.Meanwhile,Jamie'swife,Claire,andhissister,Jenny,arebusypickingupthepieces.TheFraserscanonlybethankfulthattheirdaughterBriannaandherfamilyaresafeintwentieth-centuryScotland.Ornot.Infact,Briannaissearchingforherownson,whowaskidnappedbyamandeterminedtolearnherfamily'ssecrets.Herhusband,Roger,hasventuredintothepastinsearchofthemissingboy...neversuspectingthattheobjectofhisquesthasnotleftthepresent.Now,withRogeroutoftheway,thekidnappercanfocusonhistruetarget:Briannaherself."WritteninMyOwnHeart'sBlood"isthebrilliantnextchapterinamasterpieceoftheimaginationunlikeanyother.Praisefor"WritteninMyOwnHeart'sBlood""""["WritteninMyOwnHeart'sBlood"]featuresallthepassionandswashbucklingthatfansofthishistoricalfantasyserieshavecometoexpect."--"People""Anotherbreakneck,rip-roaring,oh-so-addictivepage-turnerfromGabaldon...Takeadeepbreath,jumpaboard,andenjoytheride."--"LibraryJournal""WithherOutlanderseries,Gabaldon...successfully[juggles]asizableandcaptivatingcastofcharacters;developingthrillingplotlinesthatborrowequallyfromadventure,history,andromance;andmeticulouslyintegratingawealthoffascinatingperioddetailsintothestorywithoutslowingdownthepace.Theresultisasprawlingandenthrallingsagathatisguaranteedtokeepreadersuplongpasttheirbedtimes."--"Booklist"(starredreview)"FromtheHardcoveredition."