We write 1945. Claire Randall, a former war nurse, is on her second honeymoon with her husband after the war when she walks through one of the many ancient stone circles in the British Isles. Suddenly he becomes a "sassenach", that is, a stranger in the Scottish Highlands ravaged by war and raiding clans...in the year of our Lord 1743.

After being swept back in time by forces unknown to her, Claire finds herself in the middle of intrigues and dangers that could cost her life...and break her heart. Because she meets Jamie Fraser, a chivalrous young warrior, and from there she feels torn between loyalty and passion for two completely different men in two incompatible lives.