#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • NOW A STARZ ORIGINAL SERIES Unrivaled storytelling. Unforgettable characters. Rich historical detail. These are the hallmarks of Diana Gabaldon’s work. Her New York Times bestselling Outlander novels have earned the praise of critics and captured the hearts of millions of fans. Here is the story that started it all, introducing two remarkable characters, Claire … two remarkable characters, Claire Beauchamp Randall and Jamie Fraser, in a spellbinding novel of passion and history that combines exhilarating adventure with a love story for the ages.
One of the top ten best-loved novels in America, as seen on PBS’s The Great American Read!
Scottish Highlands, 1945. Claire Randall, a former British combat nurse, is just back from the war and reunited with her husband on a second honeymoon when she walks through a standing stone in one of the ancient circles that dot the British Isles. Suddenly she is a Sassenach—an “outlander”—in a Scotland torn by war and raiding clans in the year of Our Lord . . . 1743.
Claire is catapulted into the intrigues of a world that threatens her life, and may shatter her heart. Marooned amid danger, passion, and violence, Claire learns her only chance of safety lies in Jamie Fraser, a gallant young Scots warrior. What begins in compulsion becomes urgent need, and Claire finds herself torn between two very different men, in two irreconcilable lives.
This eBook includes the full text of the novel plus the following additional content:
• An excerpt from Diana Gabaldon’s Dragonfly in Amber, the second novel in the Outlander series
• An interview with Diana Gabaldon
• An Outlander reader’s guide
Praise for Outlander
“Marvelous and fantastic adventures, romance, sex . . . perfect escape reading.”—San Francisco Chronicle
“History comes deliciously alive on the page.”—New York Daily News
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Liked the setting and especially the characters. Read the book twice and will probably read it again. Loved the whole series!
Suspend your doubts and just go with the delightful narrative that transcends time. You’ll be hooked! Love the whole series
Awesome. Witty banter. Liked very much.
Loved the whole series. Looking forward to the final chapters.
If you’ve never read this, do yourself a favor and start reading right away. It is an amazing book that started the time travel craze. But it is far superior to any others I have ever read. Diana Gabaldon is intelligent (she has a PhD in marine biology) and she writes deeply moving and entertaining books that will transform your reading world. The …
One of the best books I’ve ever read!’n
One of the best I’ve read.
It’s a well written and thought out book but it goes too far. I stopped reading after the a character was forgiven for spousal abuse. I tried to watch the show and stopped after the rape of a child scene. Too much.
Wonderful, fascinating story.
I love her whole series.
One of the best books I have read this year. I haven’t read a great romance series since Twilight. I’m definitely obsessed. The shows and the book are different in some places so if you haven’t read it yet, you are missing out on some major details!
It is everything you’d want in a book! Drama, romance, action and a little sci-fi to make you think!! You can’t put it down and you’ll want the next book before you’re finished with this one! What an awesome series
Love this series!
Love, love, love this story!
AMAZING AUTHOR! AMAZING BOOK! AMAZING SERIES!!!!!!!!! Truly, the BEST I’ve ever read (and I READ A LOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!)
A great series. The most enjoyable series I have ever read.
I’ve come late to Outlander but I’m on Book 5 and can’t put it down. It is so haunting and the characters almost call to me to come back to Scotland – and now right in my own home town of Alamance County just prior to the revolutionary war. This author is so smart and has worked so hard!
I’ve been reading Diana Gabaldon since she first published Outlander, and patiently await each new novel.
Enjoyed the books very much and have been watching the TV series. I binged watched 4 seasons on Netflix. Worth watching as well as reading.
Outstanding, richly detailed, heartbreakingly beautiful writing. Have read Outlander 3x. Whole series is exceptional.