For twenty years Claire Randall has kept her secrets. But now she is returning with her grown daughter to the majesty of Scotlands mist-shrouded hills. Here Claire 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 that transcends the boundaries of time & about James Fraser a warrior whose gallantry once drew the young Claire from the security of her century to the dangers of his. Now a legacy of blood & desire will test her beautiful daughter as Claires spellbinding journey continues in the intrigue-ridden court of Charles Edward Stuart in a race to thwart a doomed uprising & in a desperate fight to save both the child & the man she loves.