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).