num_pages: 980
description: 1772 - The eve of the American revolution. In Boston men lie dead in the streets, and in the backwoods of America isolated cabins burn in the darkness of the forest. The colony is in ferment.Jamie Fraser receives an envoy from Governor Josiah Martin asking for help. The Governor needs someone to unite the backcountry, pacify the seething resentments of the settlers, and keep the mountains safe for King and Crown. Jamie Fraser, everyone agrees, is the man for the job.But Jamie knows what is to come. His wife, Claire, has travelled back in time from the twentieth century, and she knows that it's only a matter of a few years before the start of the War of Independence, ending with the exile or death of the men loyal to the King of England. Neither prospect appeals to Jamie.Beyond everything else, though, looms the treat of a tiny clipping from the Wilmington Gazette dated 1776, which reports the destruction of the house on Fraser's Ridge 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.
language: English
title: A Breath of Snow and Ashes
titlecomplete: A Breath of Snow and Ashes (Outlander, #6)
characters: Stephen Bonnet, Fergus Fraser, Malva Christie, Jeremiah MacKenzie, Jocasta Cameron, Tom Christie, Lord John Grey, Brianna Randall, Marsali Fraser, Duncan Innes, Roger MacKenzie, Germain Fraser, Lizzie Wemyss, Young Ian Murray, Kezzie Beardsley, Jo Beardsley, Jamie Fraser, Claire Randall Fraser, William Ransom
genres: Fiction, Historical, Adventure, Romance, Historical Romance, Time Travel, Adult, Historical Fiction, Fantasy, Audiobook
ratings_count: 172753
places: North Carolina, The United States of America
series: Outlander
awards: awardedAt: 1136102400000
name: All About Romance (AAR) Annual Reader Poll
category: Most-Hanky Read (tie) & Best American Historical/Frontier Romance, awardedAt: 1136102400000
name: The Quill Award
category: Science fiction/fantasy/horror, awardedAt: 1136102400000
name: Corine Internationaler Buchpreis
category: Weltbild Leserpreis
publisher: Century