Written in My Own Heart's Blood A Novel

NO.1INTERNATIONALBESTSELLERInhernowclassicnovelOutlander，DianaGabaldontoldthestoryofClaireRandall，anEnglishex-combatnursewhowalksthroughastonecircleintheScottishHighlandsin1946，anddisappears...into1743.Thestoryunfoldedfromthereinsevenbestsellingnovels，andCNNhascalledit“agrandadventurewrittenonacanvasthatprobestheheart，weighsthesoulandmeasuresthehumanspiritacross[centuries].”NowthestorycontinuesinWritteninMyOwnHeart’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’sBloodisthebrilliantnextchapterinamasterpieceoftheimaginationunlikeanyother.PraiseforWritteninMyOwnHeart’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)FromtheTradePaperbackedition.