

As things gradually heat up to the boiling point, Jamie makes the decision to gather together a militia of those men he can trust to protect the ridge and its interests. The loyalties of Jamie's tenants are split between those who are faithful to the British crown and those who pledge fidelity to Jamie and the rebel cause. However, despite making their home in the back country of North Carolina, the Revolutionary War has been creeping ever closer to Fraser's Ridge. But they unexpectedly returned, leaving Jamie and Claire rejoicing over having their family back together again. When Jamie and Claire Fraser sent their daughter, Brianna, her husband, Roger, and their two children back through the stones to the future, they'd resigned themselves to never seeing them again.

