From the author of "Outlander. ". . a magnificent epic that once againsweeps us back in time to the drama and passion of 18th-century Scotland... For twenty years Claire Randall has kept her secrets. But now she is returningwith her grown daughter to Scotland's majestic mist-shrouded hills. HereClaire plans to reveal a truth as stunning as the events that gave it birth: about the mystery of an ancient circle of standing stones ... about a love thattranscends the boundaries of time ... and about James Fraser, a Scottish warriorwhose gallantry once drew a young Claire from the security of her century tothe dangers of his ... Now a legacy of blood and desire will test her beautiful copper-haireddaughter, Brianna, as Claire's spellbinding journey of self-discovery continuesin the intrigue-ridden Paris court of Charles Stuart ... in a race to thwart adoomed Highlands uprising ... and in a desperate fight to save both the childand the man she loves... "A judicious blend of history and romance... proves that, regarding talent, Diana Gabaldon is light-years ahead of her romance-novelist colleagues. " "Daily News" (New York)