Twenty years ago, Diana Gabaldon swept readers into her mesmerizing world brimming with history, romance and adventure. In celebration of the series that has captured the heart of millions, here is a special 20th anniversary edition of the novel that started it all --- including a new essay, a new map, a CD with Outlander the musical, and more.

The year is 1945. Claire Randall, a former combat nurse, is just back from the war and reunited with her husband on a second honeymoon when she walks through a standing stone in one of the ancient circles that dot the British Isles. Suddenly she is a Sassenach --- an “outlander” --- in a Scotland torn by war and raiding border clans in the year of Our Lord...1743.
 
Hurled back in time by forces she cannot understand, Claire is catapulted into the intrigues of lairds and spies that may threaten her life, and shatter her heart. For here James Fraser, a gallant young Scots warrior, shows her a love so absolute that Claire becomes a woman torn between fidelity and desire --- and between two vastly different men in two irreconcilable lives.

Carol's Audiobook Editorial Comment: I had not had time to read any of Diana Gabaldon's series thus I welcomed this opportunity to drop into the world of Claire right from the beginning. For those looking for a longterm listening project, you will relish that Davina Porter will be your storyteller guide throughout. I now see what Outlander fever is all about!