A Breath of Snow and Ashes synopsis
(Part of the Outlander Series)

It is 1772, the eve of the American Revolution. Men lie dead in the streets of Boston and in the backwoods of North Carolina, isolated cabins burn in the darkness of the forest. With the Colony in chaos, the Governor asks Jamie Fraser for help to unite the backcountry, pacify the seething resentments of the settlers, and keep the mountains safe for King and Crown. But Jamie knows the future as his wife, Claire, has traveled back in time from the twentieth century. She tells Jamie that in only a few years, the War of Independence will begin. It will end with the exile or death of the men loyal to the King of England. Beyond everything else, though, looms the threat of a tiny clipping, dated 1776, which reports the destruction of the Fraser house and the death by fire of James Fraser and all his family. Jamie hopes Claire is wrong, for once, about the future - but only time will tell.