Meanwhile, Roger and Buck continue to search for Jem, assisted by Jamie’s father, Brian Fraser. After Brianna foils Robbie’s attempted rape, she rescues Jem and escapes to America where Brianna learns that Roger is in 1739, not 1778 as planned. However, Jem is imprisoned beneath the dam where both Brianna and Robbie currently work. Discovering that Jem knows the location of Jamie’s cache of gold, Robbie threatened to take Jem back in time to steal it.

Robbie Cameron, a colleague of Brianna’s, kidnapped Jem. Germain, Jamie’s grandson, runs away from home and attaches himself to John as an orderly.įrom 1980, Roger MacKenzie and William “Buck” Mackenzie travel back in time searching for Roger’s son Jem in the Scottish Highlands. Disguised as a Rebel, John also enlists in the Continental Army. Jamie is commissioned as a general in the Rebel army, and Claire joins him as an army surgeon. In Philadelphia, Claire and Janet nurse Hal, the Duke of Pardloe, while holding him as a prisoner to prevent him from discovering that his brother John has been abducted. Ian is rescued by Jamie, who extorts William into letting Ian go. Meanwhile, William Ransom is enraged when he learns that he is Jamie’s illegitimate son and seeks revenge by arresting Jamie’s nephew Ian Murray. Jamie then abducts John, who is subsequently captured by Rebels. In the wake of his presumed death, she and Lord John Grey were married to protect her from accusations of sedition.

The novel opens in 1778 when James Fraser, presumed dead along with his sister Janet Murray, reunites with his wife Claire in Philadelphia. In keeping with the source text, this guide uses “Abenaki” when referencing the Wapànahki Indigenous people and “Mohawk” when referencing the Kanienʼkehá꞉ka.Įach section of the text alternates between different locations and timelines and features multiple characters’ perspectives. This guide references the 2016 Dell Mass Market Edition of the text.Ĭontent Warning: This guide contains references to violence, self-harm, incest, enslavement, prostitution, and pedophilia.

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