Go Tell the Bees That I Am Gone

Name: Go Tell the Bees That I Am Gone
Rating: 4.7 (69944 reviews)

by Diana Gabaldon Book 9 in the Outlander series.

First published 2021

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In 1779, Brianna and Roger return with their children to Fraser’s Ridge and reunite with Claire and Jamie. Their homecoming is shadowed by the expanding American Revolution, which divides neighbours and draws the family towards the fighting in the southern colonies. While Jamie prepares for renewed military service, William Ransom and Lord John Grey face their own conflicts over loyalty, identity and the consequences of Jamie’s paternity.

The return to Fraser’s Ridge restores family contact but not security. Revolutionary warfare is moving south, local communities are dividing over allegiance and Jamie’s obligations make renewed service increasingly difficult to avoid.

The family’s knowledge of future events offers only partial protection. They may know the broad outcome of the Revolution, but not which neighbours will die, betray them or force private loyalties into conflict with public choices. The novel uses reunion to heighten rather than reduce the cost of the war spreading around their home.