Outlander 03 - Voyager

High Praise for

DIANA GABALDON and her novels

“VOYAGER IS, FRANKLY, AN AMAZING READ. An unusual mix of romance, suspense and history.…If you can put this huge tome down before dawn, you’re made of sterner stuff than I am.”

—Arizona Tribune

“ROUSING…AUDACIOUS…EXCITING…Gabaldon masterfully weaves…flashbacks…crossing time periods with abandon but never losing track of the story.”

—Locus

“INTRICATELY DETAILED…RICH IMAGINATION…THIS COULD BE THE START OF A SERIES TO RIVAL JAMES CLAVELL’S ORIENTAL SAGAS.”

—The Oak Ridger (Tennessee)

“SUPERIOR QUALITY…A TALENT THAT GOES BEYOND SUPERB, BEYOND INTELLIGENT STORYTELLING.”

—The Grand Prairie News (Texas)

“UNCONVENTIONAL…MEMORABLE STORYTELLING”

—The Seattle Times

“ELABORATE AND COMPELLING…GABALDON [IS] A NATURAL STORYTELLER. VOYAGER IS…A LAVISH AND ENTERTAINING MIX OF HISTORY AND FANTASY.”

—Blade-Citizen (San Diego, California)

“They are middle-aged lovers now, but their passion is just as strong (and Gabaldon had Voyager in her sights long before there was Robert James Waller). The language is right, the feeling is right, and if [Gabaldon] wants to write about Jamie and Claire when they’re 50-something, I’d be happy to spend another 870 pages with them.”

—Detroit Free Press

“GABALDON MAKES…HER STORY SING FOR ANYONE! [VOYAGER] is an involved tale that smoothly blends several popular genres. After reading the final chapter, you’ll wish there were more.”

—The Cleveland Plain Dealer

Books by Diana Gabaldon

Outlander

Dragonfly in Amber

Voyager

Drums of Autumn

The Outlandish Companion

Copyright © 1994 by Diana Gabaldon

Anchor Canada paperback edition 2002

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National Library of Canada Cataloguing in Publication Data

Gabaldon, Diana

Voyager

eISBN: 978-0-385-67468-3

I. Title.

PS3557.A22V69 2002    813′.54    C2002-900139-0

Published in Canada by

Anchor Canada, a division of

Random House of Canada Limited

Visit Random House of Canada Limited’s website: www.randomhouse.ca

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Contents

Cover

Title page

Copyright Page

Dedication

Praise for Voyager

Ackowledgments

Prologue

Part One

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Part Two

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Part Three

Chapter 7

Chapter 8

Chapter 9

Chapter 10

Chapter 11

Chapter 12

Chapter 13

Part Four

Chapter 14

Chapter 15

Chapter 16

Chapter 17

Part Five

Chapter 18

Chapter 19

Chapter 20

Chapter 21

Chapter 22

Chapter 23

Part Six

Chapter 24

Chapter 25

Chapter 26

Chapter 27

Chapter 28

Chapter 29

Chapter 30

Chapter 31

Part Seven

Chapter 32

Chapter 33

Chapter 34

Chapter 35

Chapter 36

Chapter 37

Chapter 38

Chapter 39

Part Eight

Chapter 40

Chapter 41

Chapter 42

Chapter 43

Chapter 44

Chapter 45

Chapter 46

Chapter 47

Chapter 48

Chapter 49

Chapter 50

Chapter 51

Chapter 52

Part Nine

Chapter 53

Chapter 54

Chapter 55

Chapter 56

Chapter 57

Chapter 58

Chapter 59

Chapter 60

Chapter 61

Chapter 62

Chapter 63

Books by Diana Gabaldon

Excerpt from Drums of Autumn

To my children,

Laura Juliet,

Samuel Gordon,

and Jennifer Rose,

Who gave me the heart, the blood, and the bones of this book.

Acknowledgments

The author’s deepest thanks to: