Meanwhile, Claire deals with an asthmatic duke, Benedict Arnold, and the fear that one of her husbands may have murdered the other. The ninth Earl of Ellesmere discovers to his horror that he is, in fact, the illegitimate son of the newly-resurrected Jamie Fraser (a rebel and a Scottish criminal!) and Jamie's nephew Ian Murray discovers that his newfound cousin has an eye for his Quaker betrothed. The British army withdraws from Philadelphia, George Washington prepares to move from Valley Forge in pursuit, and Jamie Fraser comes back from the dead to discover that his best friend has married his wife.

In June of 1778, the world turns upside-down.

Lord John Grey: Lieutenant Colonel in the British Royal Army, Jamie's longtime friend, William's stepfather and Claire's erstwhile husband.

William Ransom: Ninth Earl of Ellesmere, Captain in the British Royal Army, and Jamie's illegitimate son.

He is an Indian scout, with allegiance to the Continental army. Ian had lived with a Mohawk tribe for 2.5 years, but returned to Fraser's Ridge.

Ian Fraser Murray: Jamie's nephew, who has moved with Jamie and Claire to America.Roger MacKenzie: Brianna's Scottish husband, a historian.She was forced to return to the 20th century due to her daughter's heart condition. Brianna MacKenzie: Daughter of Claire and Jamie, who was raised in 20th-century Boston, but has later lived with her parents and her husband Roger in the 18th century for seven years.Jamie is a high-ranking officer in the Continental army. James 'Jamie' Fraser: Former heir to the Lallybroch estate in Scotland, and proprietor of the Fraser's Ridge estate in North Carolina.During the American Revolutionary War, Claire works as surgeon for the Continental army. After living for twenty years apart, they were reunited in 1766 and have settled in North Carolina. Claire Fraser: The story's protagonist, a physician who was born in the the 20th century, but has transported herself to the 18th-century Scotland, where she fell in love with a Highland warrior Jamie Fraser.

Outlander book 6