Frank conducts research into his family history and Claire goes plant-gathering near standing stones on the hill of Craigh na Dun.

Investigating a buzzing noise near the stones, she touches one and faints; upon waking, she encounters Frank's ancestor, Captain Jack Randall.

Her medical skills eventually earn their respect; but the clan chieftain, Colum MacKenzie, suspects her of being an English spy.

Colum sends her with his brother, Dougal, to collect rents; on the way he also solicits donations for the Jacobites, overseen by Ned Gowan, a lawyer from Edinburgh who is working for the Clan.

Though Jamie is still a fugitive from the British, he reclaims his position as Laird of Lallybroch, until one of his tenants betrays him and he is taken to Wentworth Prison.

While MacRannoch's men distract Wentworth's guards, the clansmen drive a herd of cattle through the underground halls, trampling a man.

[6] Her eye was caught by the character Jamie McCrimmon, a young Scot from 1745 played by actor Frazer Hines.

[6] She named her male protagonist "Jamie" after the Doctor Who character (however, the surname "Fraser" was not taken from actor Frazer Hines, since the PBS station cut off the programme's credits).

[8] She explained, "Reay Tannahill, a Scot who kindly proofread the novel before it was published in the UK, said that 1946 would have been a more accurate representation of conditions as I described them in Scotland.

[8] Publishers Weekly said of Outlander, "Absorbing and heartwarming, this first novel lavishly evokes the land and lore of Scotland, quickening both with realistic characters and a feisty, likable heroine.

[11] In June 2013, Starz ordered 16 episodes of a television adaptation, and production began in October 2013 in Scotland.