This sixth novel in Diana Gabaldon's bestselling Outlander saga is a masterpiece of historical fiction from one of the most popular authors of our time. A Breath of Snow and Ashes continues the extraordinary story of 18th-century Scotsman Jamie Fraser and his 20th-century wife, Claire.

The year is 1772, and on the eve of the American Revolution, the long fuse of rebellion has already been lit. Men lie dead in the streets of Boston, and in the backwoods of North Carolina, isolated cabins burn in the forest.

With chaos brewing, the governor calls upon Jamie Fraser to unite the backcountry and safeguard the colony for King and Crown. But from his wife Jamie knows that three years hence the shot heard round the world will be fired, and the result will be independence--with those loyal to the King either dead or in exile. And there is also the matter of a tiny clipping from The Wilmington Gazette, dated 1776, which reports Jamie's death, along with his kin. For once, he hopes, his time-traveling family may be wrong about the future.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Delacorte Press
Published: 09/27/2005
ISBN: 9780385324168
Pages: 979
Weight: 3.05lbs
Size: 9.30h x 6.50w x 1.80d
Award: Quill Awards - Winner

Review Citations: Library Journal Prepub Alert 06/01/2005 pg. 98
Ingram Advance 09/01/2005 pg. 26
Booklist 09/01/2005 pg. 6
Library Journal 09/15/2005 pg. 55
Kirkus Reviews 09/01/2005 pg. 935