I think she, like George RR Martin before her, was just too caught up in the tv show to bother with the book. And time after time, Diana has blamed the slow progress of the book on her “historical research”, but there really wasn’t that much reference to historical events. Scenarios were introduced, then dropped or forgotten, which didn’t make a lot of sense. This book just didn’t feel the same as the others…. And now, after how many books, everyone is suddenly pronouncing Germain’s name the French way, adding to the feeling of incongruity. The narration was pretty good, considering the 7 year gap, but, how hard is it to listen to what you’ve already done so you can make sure it matches this time around? Several characters were not the same in the beginning….Brianna, Mandy, Lord John, etc., but started to sound a little bit more like the previous books once she got further in. And with the family finally together, Jamie and Claire have more at stake than ever before.Īfter the ridiculously long wait, I expected better than this…. Meanwhile, the Revolutionary War creeps ever closer to Fraser’s Ridge. Not so far away, young William Ransom is still coming to terms with the discovery of his true father’s identity - and thus his own - and Lord John Grey has reconciliations to make, and dangers to meet.on his son’s behalf and his own. Sometimes, they question whether risking the perils of the 1700s - among them disease, starvation, and an impending war - was indeed the safer choice for their family. Jamie knows loyalties among his tenants are split, and it won’t be long until the war is on his doorstep.īrianna and Roger have their own worry: that the dangers that provoked their escape from the 20th century might catch up to them. Tensions in the Colonies are great, and local feelings run hot enough to boil Hell’s teakettle. Yet, even in the North Carolina backcountry, the effects of war are being felt.

Having the family together is a dream the Frasers had thought impossible. It is 1779, and Claire and Jamie are at last reunited with their daughter, Brianna, her husband, Roger, and their children on Fraser’s Ridge. Now the American Revolution threatens to do the same. Jamie Fraser and Claire Randall were torn apart by the Jacobite Rising in 1746, and it took them 20 years to find each other again. The past may seem the safest place to be.but it is the most dangerous time to be alive. Number one New York Times best-selling author Diana Gabaldon returns with the newest novel in the epic Outlander series.

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