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The Fiery Cross

Name: The Fiery Cross
Rating: 4.26 (225808 reviews)
Author: Diana Gabaldon

Diana Gabaldon November 6, 2001

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The year is 1771, and war is coming. Jamie Fraser’s wife tells him so. Little as he wishes to, he must believe it, for hers is a gift of dreadful prophecy—a time-traveler’s certain knowledge. Claire’s unique view of the future has brought him both danger and deliverance in the past; her knowledge of the oncoming revolution is a flickering torch that may light his way through the perilous years ahead—or ignite a conflagration that will leave their lives in ashes.

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