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A Breath of Snow and Ashes

by Diana Gabaldon

A family’s foreknowledge meets the coming Revolution

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    #1 New York Times bestseller

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A family’s foreknowledge meets the coming Revolution

Set in 1772, the sixth Outlander novel places Jamie Fraser between his duty to the Crown and the approaching rebellion in the North Carolina backcountry. His wife’s knowledge of the Revolution’s outcome complicates the governor’s request that he bring the region together, while a newspaper clipping from 1776 raises a more immediate threat to Jamie and his family. The historical upheaval and the series’ time-travel premise converge around questions of loyalty, foreknowledge, and whether the future can be changed.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Readers following the Outlander series, especially from its earlier volumes.
  • Readers interested in historical fiction set on the eve of the American Revolution.
  • Readers who enjoy time-travel stories intertwined with family and romantic relationships.

Themes

Loyalty and political allegianceForeknowledge and fateFamily under threatRevolution and colonial unrest

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Book overview

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - The sixth book in Diana Gabaldon's acclaimed Outlander saga, the basis for the Starz original series--season 8 coming in March 2026!

"The large scope of the novel allows Gabaldon to do what she does best, paint in exquisite detail the lives of her characters."--Booklist


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.
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