Drums of autumn continues the story of claire and jamie and their enviable all consuming romance and now builds on it by intertwining the story of their child brianna ending with a great gathering of the clans in america but a gathering that holds true to the now forbidden bloody english highland traditions diana gabaldon once again manages a flawless cliffhanger than means im about to . Diana gabaldon is the author of the international bestselling outlander novels and lord john grey series she says that the outlander series started by accident i decided to write a novel for practice in order to learn what it took to write a novel and to decide whether i really wanted to do it for real. Drums of autumn is the fourth book in the outlander series following voyager here claire and jamie with jamies nephew young ian seek to find a place for themselves in the colony of north carolina treading a dangerous line between governor tryons patronage and claires knowledge of the brewing revolution in america between the help of jamies aunt jocasta last of his mackenzie kin mackenzies are charming as larks in the field but sly as foxes with it and the . Drums of autumn outlander 4 diana gabaldon it began in scotland at an ancient stone circle there a doorway open to a select few leads into the past or the grave claire randall survived the extraordinary passage not once but twice her first trip swept her into the arms of jamie fraser an eighteenth century scot whose love for her became legend a tale of tragic passion that ended with her return to the present to bear his child. Drums of autumn is the fourth book in the outlander series of novels by diana gabaldoncentered on time travelling 20th century doctor claire randall and her 18th century scottish highlander warrior husband jamie fraser the books contain elements of historical fiction romance adventure and fantasy the fourth season of outlander the tv series adaptation of gabaldons novels is based on