The year is 1771. Claire Randall is still an outlander, out of place and out of time. But now she is linked by love to her only anchor - Jamie Fraser. They have crossed oceans and centuries to build a life together in North Carolina. But tensions, both ancient and recent, threaten members of their clan.

Knowing that his wife has the gift of prophecy, James must believe Claire, though he would prefer not to. Claire has shared a dreadful truth - there will, without a doubt, be a war. Her knowledge of the oncoming revolution is a flickering torch that may light his way through perilous years ahead - or ignite a conflagration that will leave their lives in ashes.

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56 hours and 1 minute
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Diana Gabaldon
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Davina Porter
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13 October 2020
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English
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Recorded Books, Inc.
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B08JD7WT46
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Unabridged
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Listening Length	56 hours and 1 minute
Author	Diana Gabaldon
Narrator	Davina Porter
Audible.com.au Release Date	13 October 2020
Publisher	Recorded Books, Inc.
Program Type	Audiobook
Version	Unabridged
Language	English
ASIN	B08JD7WT46
Best Sellers Rank	1,358 in Audible Books & Originals (See Top 100 in Audible Books & Originals) 10 in Historical Fantasy (Audible Books & Originals) 12 in Time Travel Romance (Books) 55 in Science Fiction Romance

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Jade Cruz

Disappointed with quality of materials used for the book!!!!

Reviewed in Australia on 30 September 2020

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Quite happy at first because the books are bigger than what I expected but then became very disappointed as the book is made from such low quality materials. The cover is really, really thin cardboard and also the pages are cheap paper, super thin. It's like school textbooks from when I was young, books to be thrown at the end of the year. What a shame as I wanted these books to last a lifetime. Amazon, what the heck?????
Storywise - I'm sure it is amazing as I love the Outlander series.

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David Bishop

Arguably the best book I have ever read.

Reviewed in Australia on 28 February 2020

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Naturally this is a very personal perspective but until Gabaldon came along my favourite of all time was Tolstoy's 'War and Peace'. I'm sure this must horrify those who cannot imagine comparing two such disparate pieces of literature. But quite simply I cannot put 'Outlander' down. Time and time again I find my mind wandering and wondering about what it was like in the early days of settlement in America. The subtle and sometimes not so subtle dichotmy between the 18th century and the late 1960s is fascinating, especially how Claire in her role as a healer deals with it. The honesty of admitting privately that in the 18th century these is absolutely nothing she can do to save a person's life and yet know that ca. 200 years on and it would be a no-brainer.

Unfamiliar as I am with the Celtic language I find some of the conversations and especially the witicisms pass me by - but we are getting there. It's pleasing to be challenged and treated as an intelligent reader. Gabaldon's understanding of the human condition, her empathy for her characters and her readers is sublime. The author is very skilled at conveying a sense of the excitement and fascination of what it was like to inhabit those woods at such a time as she portrays along with fine details of daily life. This takes time hence the multiple volumes but it reads anything but turgidly. In fact it is Gabaldon's ability to immerse the reader in the joy of the detail and yet become a 'page-turner' that is so unusual. I for one hope that 'Outlander' continues for my lifetime.

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She's an awesome writer and very easy to become seriously addicted

Reviewed in Australia on 10 July 2017

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If you have never read any Gabaldon books, put your seat belt on and go on holiday. Once you get into this series you wont want to put the books down. You will want life to be placed on hold. She's an awesome writer and very easy to become seriously addicted. I've read the series through 3 times and have been hanging for the next book. (she often takes a couple of years.... so I'm impatiently waiting...)

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Sandy Barker

Just breathtaking.

Reviewed in Australia on 3 May 2018

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I am breathless. This is by far my favourite to date of the Outlander series. Gabaldon continues to amaze me with both her storytelling prowess and her absolutely STUNNING prose. Beautifully written. Just breathtaking.

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Fascinating read

Reviewed in Australia on 25 September 2020

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I like the descriptions of events especially between Jamie and Claire.it makes the events come alive. Descriptions of the lands trees and country side come alive in my minds eye,. Very enjoyable fast moving never boring, A very good writer who knows her characters inside out.

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Helen Hamilton-Broad

Outstanding book, my outlander

Reviewed in Australia on 2 July 2017

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I continue to enjoy Dianna's writing, although at times a little boring but I understand her need to repeat some aspects of the life and history to those who just puck up a book to read. It would surely encourage interest in earlier books. I started after Series 2 of the TV programs impatent to find out more and will go back to see more. I keep reading to find the Scott under the lamp post in the first series... But I can't stop reading the books, so that will have to wait. Brilliant writing

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Ann

A fascinating continuation.

Reviewed in Australia on 10 March 2018

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This series of novels have absorbed me in their problems and problem solving, with their history of times past and the fascinating details of daily life.

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Ellie M

The author keeps the pace moving and holds your interest ...

Reviewed in Australia on 4 May 2017

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The author keeps the pace moving and holds your interest, however, although passing through standing stones to another age is fanciful, I find the medical discoveries quite hard to accept.

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nikky g

Give this one a miss. Next book is slightly better.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 17 July 2018

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One star for effort. Five stars for being a real "page turner!" Oh, yes! When I say page turner, I mean skipping many pages to read something worthwhile and relevant to the story. Bladdy Brianna' s Boring Bits (tsts). Roger (Not sure if he's Wakefield or Mackenzie, poor boring bloke.)
The only reason I persevered, was that I might miss something important to the story, and oh boy, what a crawl through treacle that was.
Even Claire and Jamie were getting on my nerves. Grammar is getting slapdash too!
Good Lord! In book 6.....horror.......Diana writes it and Claire says it....Hippo Potami! What on earth?
Ms Gabaldon writes Gaelic, French, Latin, etc, but does not appear to know that one does not start a word with a Greek root and finish it off Latin!
Claire is well educated and well read, she would never come up with Such a mistake!
Btw. What does all the breast feeding have to do with time travel? This book is an unforgivable waste of time!

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fionasuisse

Homesick for Scotland

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 25 June 2016

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I've read the first five books back to back in two months and it feels like this one took me the same time to get through as the first four together, it didn't half go on and on and on (half a 1400 page book about milk filled breasts and wet patches on bodices, Jamie's hair glinting in the sun) and had none of the page turning excitement of the previous installments. Did Gabaldon get bored of her own characters? What has she done to Claire and her spirit? I got bored but as my sister has assured me this book is a blip in the series then I stuck with it. Don't get me wrong it has its moments but it could do with one of those readers digest condensed book makeovers and be half the size but keep the story. I'm hanging in there with the rest of the books in the hope we get some essence back of what the Outlander series was about, a burning love story and the history of the highlanders and Scotland. I miss Scotland and the books are losing something without it.

56 people found this helpful

V E C Nicholas

A tale of many delights

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 12 August 2019

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I am heartbroken to have finished this book, only because I cannot afford to buy the next in the series until payday and I shall have to wait to find out what happens next for Claire and her family.

I had not expected, when I picked up the first book of the series, that I would love it as much as I do. And yet here I am, having read five of the books in under a month.

They're just really bloody good.

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pdarby

Unbelievably slow

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 13 July 2021

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I did read reviews about this book before buying it, but if I want to get to book 6 then I have to go through this. Lets just say I was warned that it was slow and dull.
Approximately 1400 pages long, this was always going to take some commitment, but really I'm tempted to say 'to hell with the whole thing - next book as well'.
This book starts with a gathering (no spoilers so don't worry) for some weddings. I'm now 162 pages into it and still those weddings have not happened. There have been a few discussions, a few scene setting bits etc. but really the bits that feel consequential could probably have been covered in 20 - 30 pages.
Overly descriptive for no reason. Long because it can be, but not with any real added value, and the pace of the first few books has been completely lost. An audio book abridged version might be better if it exists.

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Gma6

Ok, but a bit boring and not as good as the earlier books

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 1 September 2017

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As others have said, this is a very long novel, and it really does get a bit tedious in places. I like her descriptions of daily life, and as a writer she can be amusing, but in this book I felt there was an awful lot of repetition and unnecessary waffle. I didn't enjoy her obsession with breast feeding either, she went on and on about it..... I did enjoy the book overall, but for me it wasn't as good as the earlier books. I found I skimmed over quite a lot, just to try and relocate the plot.

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