Starz’ time travel romantic drama Outlander has been renewed for a second season.

The first episode of the series was officially broadcast last weekend (see our review here) but had been available on various platforms previously. It achieved over five million views across the different media.

Following the pattern established by HBO’s Game of Thrones’ version of George R.R. Martin’s books, the second season will adapt the second book in the series, Dragonfly in Amber, but as yet Starz has not confirmed how many episodes there will be in the season, although there will be at least 13.

The overwhelming support Outlander has received from the fans, viewers and critics made the decision for us to go ahead with the second book a very easy one,” Starz CEO Chris Albrecht explained.  “Diana Gabaldon has given us years of great drama. With an incredible artist such as Ronald D. Moore at the helm and a cast as spectacular as this, we look forward to continue this spell-binding journey with Claire, Jamie, Frank, Brianna, Roger and everybody over the centuries.”