Outlander Author Diana Gabaldon's Latest Book Is Out Now

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Fans of the Outlander television show will be pleased to find out that there's plenty more of Claire and Jamie's love story to come.

While the show's most recent season was based on Diana Gabaldon's books The Fiery Cross, the fifth in the Outlander series and A Breath of Snow and Ashes, the sixth, the author's ninth book, titled Go Tell the Bees That I Am Gone, was just released.

It's been years since her most recent book dropped, so fans have been eagerly following Gabaldon's progress on social media.

"YES! BEES is FINISHED!!" Gabaldon wrote on Twitter in March, adding: "No, I have no idea when the pub date is--the publisher decides that."

In a reply to one of her excited readers she shared her feelings about finishing the novel: "Ecstasy. And a delightful feeling of total virtuous exhaustion."

Previously, Gabaldon has hinted that yet another book is also in the works after that. "Book 10 will be along summat later...." she previously said.

Want a sneak peek? Gabaldon has shared several excerpts from the new book.

In early March of last year, Gabaldon posted the the titles of the first seven chapters of the novel, names which include "The MacKenzies are Here!" "A Blue Wine Day," and the ominous "Dead or Alive."

See the full list in the post here:

And back in May, she shared an excerpt from the text featuring a conversation between Roger and Brianna:

In late June, she posted another set of chapter titles. See that post here:

And in August, she shared two additional sets of lines. The first specifically focused on Jamie's faith.

The second was about William and his life in Savannah. With that post, Gabaldon also confirmed that the book was still not quite ready yet.

In September, she uploaded another update, posting an excerpt about names and virtues.

And in February, she posted more lines about a shopping trip of Jamie's, and an intriguing conversation that happened during his time in Salisbury.

In October, she shared a conversation between Claire and John Quincy about bees.

In January 2021, she posted an interaction between Claire and Fanny.

And in May, she teased a moment where Jamie speaks to the titular bees.

She also hinted at a tragedy in the story.

During a conversation with the show's producer Maril Davis, Gabaldon opened up about the writing process.

"I'm now in the final phases, so I know what it is," she said. "And I can’t say there isn’t any tragedy. But it’s not Jamie." Davis noted that Gabaldon didn't say that Claire was safe from tragedy. Gabaldon confirmed: "I didn’t. We’ll have to see."

Gabaldon previously told T&C that Go Tell the Bees can be summarized in one word: "responsibility."

"I’ve been able to [summarize] each of my books, and the fact that I know what this novel's word is, is also an indication of how far we are with it. This one is 'responsibility,'” she said.

Her website also shares the origin of the book's unusual name. "Talking to your bees is a very old Celtic custom (known in other parts of Europe, too) that made it to the Appalachians," she writes.

"You always tell the bees when someone is born, dies, comes or goes—because if you don’t keep them informed, they’ll fly away."

For those who need to catch up, Diana's full catalog is available for purchase on Amazon.

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