Drums of Autumn

The Outlander novels are a series of books following the adventures of Claire Fraser, an English woman from the 20th century, and her husband Jamie, a Scottish Highlander from the 18th century.

First published in 1991, the series begins with Outlander, which tells the story of Claire Beauchamp Randall. Shortly after returning from her time as a field nurse in World War II, Claire takes a trip to Scotland with her husband Frank, a history professor. Frank is looking into the history of his ancestor named Jack Randall and his involvement with the 1745 Jacobite uprising, when Claire comes across a set of ancient standing stones nearby at Craigh na Dun. When Claire touches the stones, she is suddenly thrown back into the year 1743 and is taken in by the powerful MacKenzie clan. For safety, she marries a warrior named Jamie Fraser, with whom she later falls deeply in love. Claire eventually tells Jamie that she is a time-traveler, and together they attempt to mitigate the damage Claire knows is coming at the end of the Jacobite uprising in the bloody Battle of Culloden.

In the second novel in the series,