Written In My Own Heart'S

Inhernowclassicnovel"Outlander,"DianaGabaldontoldthestoryofClaireRandall,anEnglishex-combatnursewhowalksthroughastonecircleintheScottishHighlandsin1946,anddisappears...into1743.Thestoryunfoldedfromthereinsevenbestsellingnovels,andCNNhascalleditagrandadventurewrittenonacanvasthatprobestheheart,weighsthesoulandmeasuresthehumanspiritacross[centuries].Nowthestorycontinuesin"WritteninMyOwnHeartsBlood."1778:FrancedeclareswaronGreatBritain,theBritisharmyleavesPhiladelphia,andGeorgeWashingtonstroopsleaveValleyForgeinpursuit.Atthismoment,JamieFraserreturnsfromapresumedwaterygravetodiscoverthathisbestfriendhasmarriedhiswife,hisillegitimatesonhasdiscovered(tohishorror)whohisfatherreallyis,andhisbelovednephew,Ian,wantstomarryaQuaker.Meanwhile,Jamieswife,Claire,andhissister,Jenny,arebusypickingupthepieces.TheFraserscanonlybethankfulthattheirdaughterBriannaandherfamilyaresafeintwentieth-centuryScotland.Ornot.Infact,Briannaissearchingforherownson,whowaskidnappedbyamandeterminedtolearnherfamilyssecrets.Herhusband,Roger,hasventuredintothepastinsearchofthemissingboy...neversuspectingthattheobjectofhisquesthasnotleftthepresent.Now,withRogeroutoftheway,thekidnappercanfocusonhistruetarget:Briannaherself."WritteninMyOwnHeartsBlood"isthebrilliantnextchapterinamasterpieceoftheimaginationunlikeanyother.Praisefor"WritteninMyOwnHeartsBlood"["WritteninMyOwnHeartsBlood"]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.