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Violence
A lot
Frontier violence, assault, Native American conflict
Language
Some
Moderate profanity and period dialect
Sexual Content
Very heavy
Very explicit consensual content, rape depicted
Substance Use
Some
Whisky, colonial drinking
Emotional Intensity
A lot
Rape trauma, identity, time-travel family separation
What this book is about
Jamie and Claire settle in colonial North Carolina; their daughter Brianna travels back in time to warn them of their deaths. Brianna is raped, a plot element that drives significant portions of the book. Very explicit consensual sexual content continues throughout. Colonial frontier violence and Native American interactions are depicted.
Notes for sensitive readers
Reader-flagged moments and themes that may affect your experience.
Rape of a main character — depicted directly and drives the plot
Very explicit consensual sexual content
Frontier violence and period conflict
This book is where many readers find the series becomes most difficult
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