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Diana Gabaldon (news Book 10 incl. title)

GOOD OMENS

Well, first things first—

A Very (slightly ex post facto…) Happy Birthday to Sam Heughan! When he was first cast to play Jamie Fraser, I noted that he was born on April 30th, while Jamie’s birthday is May 1st—one on either side of the Beltane fire.

Beltane is the Celtic fire festival that marks the beginning of summer, so plainly a time of good omens. As it turned out, it was indeed a time of good omens for All Things Outlander, so it seems an appropriate time to offer up two bits of (what I assume will be) further Good News. One on either side of the fire, as it were…

The newly recorded audiobook of OUTLANDER, recorded by Kristin Atherton (the lovely actress who played the “mature” version of Jenny Murray in Season Seven), was released just yesterday, and I’m pleased to see that so many people already are excited about it and delighted with the quality.

(This in no way denigrates the wonderful Davina Porter, who has read all the Outlander novels, through GO TELL THE BEES THAT I AM GONE. Davina has retired, but all of her recordings will remain available, alongside the new ones.)

[Should you want to check out Kristin’s new audio version, here’s a link:

https://rbmediaglobal.com/audiobook/9798895949726/... ]

And on the _other_ side of the fire (aka May 1st)…I thought I’d let you know what the title of Book Ten is (so we can stop calling it Book Ten, which is slightly boring…).

First, A Word of Warning: THE BOOK IS NOT FINISHED. IT HAS NO PUB DATE (because the publishers wisely won’t set one until they have the full manuscript in their eager hands).

I AM STILL WRITING IT.

YES, I DO KNOW HOW IT ENDS.

NO, I’M NOT TELLING YOU.

NO, YOU CAN’T ORDER IT YET, BECAUSE THE PUBLISHERS DON’T HAVE PAGES SET UP FOR ORDERS BECAUSE THERE IS NO PUB DATE AND BECAUSE I HAVEN’T TOLD THEM WHAT THE BOOK IS CALLED.

Until now. <ahem>

The title of Book Ten of the OUTLANDER series (and yes, this is the final book of the main series, though there may be other companion books and side stories, depending on how long I live…) is

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A BLESSING FOR A WARRIOR GOING OUT

(NO, that doesn’t mean Jamie’s going to die. It’s not a death blessing, it’s the Blessing of St. Michael, said for a warrior about to go and do something important and possibly dangerous. There are quite a few people in this book who qualify for that blessing, believe me…)

It seems only reasonable to append a small sample from near the beginning of the book, but I know that not everyone wants to read bits and pieces, preferring to wait for The Whole Thing. Ergo, here’s another chunk of spoiler space:

[Excerpt from A BLESSING FOR A WARRIOR GOING OUT, Copyright 2025 Diana Gabaldon]

Only a few people had noticed William’s arrival. The post-wedding revelry was well underway, and most of the guests were gathered in clumps near the food tables, talk and laughter rising and falling in volume as the wind shifted in the trees.

One of those who _had_ noticed was Fanny, standing at my elbow.

“_A Dhia_,” she said faintly. Oh, God.

I couldn’t have put it better myself.

Jamie rose slowly from his chair on the porch—not using his stick, I saw—and drew himself up, eyes fixed on William.

William himself was still on his horse, the two of them mud-spattered, windblown and breathing hard. I saw his throat move as he swallowed, evidently preparing to repeat what he’d said a moment before.

_Sir—I need your help_.

But Jamie was moving, going down the steps. I could hear his left knee crack with each step, but he didn’t flinch or limp. He reached William and put a hand on his arm.

“You have it,” he said simply. “Come in.”

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William came up the steps after Jamie, his hat tucked under his arm. His face was still set in lines of anxious determination, but this relaxed for a moment when he saw me. He paused, and a tinge of warmth touched his eyes.

“Mother Claire,” he said. “I hadn’t—though clearly I should have-- expected you.” His glance flicked past me, taking in the open doorway behind me, the fine, heavy door and the long, broad hallway beyond, lined with Brianna’s sketches and paintings.

“I know,” I said, smiling. “It gives you a bit of a turn, when you see someone out of place, so to speak.”

The corner of his mouth twitched briefly.

“So to speak,” he said, at once acknowledging and dismissing the circumstances in which he had been accustomed to seeing me: As Lord John’s wife. And as quickly as it had come, the warmth disappeared and his jaw set again. Jamie was waiting at the door of his study.

William had just set foot on the threshold when Fanny spoke behind him.

“Will-yum?” she said, her voice clear but uncertain.

He turned to look back, surprised, but then smiled and stepped back on the porch, reaching to take her hands.

“Frances,” he said softly, looking down at her. “There you are.”

“Here I am,” she said, smiling up. She’d blushed when he turned to her, but her brown eyes sparkled. “Shall I take care of your horse for you?”

“Oh.” He glanced down the steps; the horse, a big, muscular bay, was munching grass beside the path, his reins carelessly looped over the hitching rail. William glanced at me, and I made a tiny nod in Fanny’s direction.

“That’s most kind of you, Frances,” he said, and squeezed her hands briefly before letting go. “His name is Trajan and I’m sure he will be as grateful for your welcome as I am.”

She turned at once and skipped down the steps, glowing. William looked after her, the smile still on his face.

“I nearly said, ‘How you’ve grown, Frances!’,” he remarked, _sotto voce_, to me. “But that wouldn’t have done, would it? I always hated it when Papa’s friends would say that to me.”

“It would have gone over like a lead balloon,” I assured him. “She has, though. And her speech is nearly perfect now. “ I glanced over my shoulder; Jamie had gone into the study. “And—er—how _is_ Lord John these days?”

“I wish I knew,” he said, face and voice both suddenly bleak. He took a deep breath and walked past me down the hall.

I didn’t know whether I ought to be present at whatever conversation he was about to have with Jamie, but neither of them had shut the door, so I walked quietly in and went at once to the cupboard where the visitor��s tray was kept, a plain pewter object, but equipped with several shot glasses, a bottle of fairly good whisky and a jug of water.

Jamie met my eyes but didn’t say anything as I set the tray down. He put a glass in front of William, poured a dram and said casually, “Aye, so?”

“It’s concerning my f-- It’s Lord John, sir.”

“_A Dhia_,” Jamie said, with somewhat more force than Fanny had used. He drew a deep breath through his nose. “Where is he? And sit down, my lord,” he added, nodding to a chair.

“I don’t know.” William sat down, adding, “Don’t call me that,” then adding a hasty “if you please, sir,” as an afterthought.

Jamie raised one brow.

“Do ye ken where his lordship may be, Mr. Ransom?” he asked politely.

“No! Goddamn it, if I knew where he was, I would have got him back by now!”

The outburst startled us all, including William, who pressed his lips together.

“I beg your pardon, sir,” he said stiffly. “I—have been searching for…his lordship…for some time—for months. I am somewhat…” he made a brief gesture indicating emotional disturbance, lack of sleep and/or deep fear, and Jamie nodded.

“_Dèrangè_,” he said, in good French. “I expect so. I suppose it wouldna be helpful to ask where ye saw him last?”

“No,” William said dryly. He’d nearly got himself back under control, though, and helped the process along with a slug of whisky. “Though for what it’s worth, I last saw him in the drawing-room of his house in Savannah, on [date]. Later in the day, after I’d left, he received a written message, and whatever it said, it apparently caused him to go immediately to the docks. The cook told me. She was present when he got the message,” he added, “but she didn’t see what it said or whom it was from.”

“Did he tell the cook he was going to the docks?” I asked, and he shook his head.

“No. But he did go there. A whelk-seller on one of the quays said she’d seen a fair-haired man in a good coat, with a soldier’s queue, who’d asked her if there was a ship called “Palace” in the harbor.”

“But if you didn’t know he was going to the docks, why did you look for him there?” I took the bottle and poured a bit more whisky all round; this was clearly going to take some time.

Willie gave me a slightly odd look, as though he might ask me to leave the room, but instead took another mouthful and swallowed it.

“Are either of you familiar with a man named Percival Wainwright? Or, for that matter, the Chevalier St. Honorè?”

Jamie looked blank, but I felt a light, cold touch on the back of my neck, like the caress of a ghost.

“Yes,” I said. “Lord John mentioned him once or twice. He was John’s…step-brother, I think he said. His name isn’t Percival, though; it’s Perseverance. And—”

“Perseverance?” Jamie leaned forward, interested. “A Quaker, is he?”

William cleared his throat and looked down.

“Definitely not,” he said.

“He’s dead, though,” I told Jamie, and William looked up at me.

“He is _now_,” he said.

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[Photograph is licensed for use through Wikimedia Commons, and was taken at a Beltane celebration by Stub Mandrel, May 4th, 2015.]

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Sam hasn’t been seen in almost a year with an actual woman, since the hooker. Credibility of being gay is rising day by day especially since all exes moved very very fast with getting married and having babies with other men!!! Haha!

Now let me get this straight; (pun intended)

Because a man isn't seen (either by chance or some pic obtained by whatever way) with a woman is gaining credibility someone must be gay.... okay.... narrow minded vision but well, if you believe so... and if you also think that is funny, even more narrow minded.

So in your opinion, everyone should be seen with the opposite sex every , say what month, 2 months? Once a year isn't enough. And if he's seen with a woman, it's fabricated, papped and all set up because he needs to sell an image of a straight guy?

And at some point you need to be married and have babies, because otherwise what? Is someone who has other priorities or prefers to live another life than the narrow minded people in this world expect one to lead an outcast or something. Is there something wrong with these people who do so? If so, I'm relieved and even very proud I belong to that group of people and not to the ones that so much feel the need to put people in a box.

For some or more reasons this song sprang in mind which seems to be appropriate

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Je pense que Sam a fêté son anniversaire entre potes vu la story d'aujourd'hui de Matt Neal et aussi les fameuses lunettes cœur 🙄juste comme ça 😉

Exactly, and sort of what I expected, staying in London celebrating his b-day with some friends

Matt Neal IGS 1 May 2025

It's wasn't that late, just a bit and he was up earlier yesterday than today. I don't know what you consider his usual b-day. I've seen a number of different ones in the past years. From carrot cake in Hawaii, to dinner in Miami with friends and a fire dancer, to having a read through on his birthday. So you tell me 🤷‍♀️

I'm afraid the gossip who lives within you wont be fed or you gotta do with fake stories and rumours that have no merit in it. I believe he'll just go home today or one of these days and will be in London again for the album release of Andrew in a few weeks.

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(picture taken in Miami, when they were roadtripping there mid February)

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Was this in Paris or London?

https://www.instagram.com/p/DJEsmG3olEm/?igsh=aWVjeXc2OTRmMDN2

It's London outside Cavendish Cigar Merchants

And today, for all who are asking, it's not an older pic.

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Instagram thestevencree

Welcome to the 45 club @samheughan ! Happy birthday big man!!

Posted 30 April 2025

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What are his pre-planned activities for the future?

There's the Album launch of Andrew Gower's Gustaffson

where according to the caption on that post "Sam and his team will serving a one-off cocktail created specially for the night."

And the Supanova CC 21/22 June Sidney and 28/29 June Perth

That's as much as has been announced.

His book wil be released in September, there probably will be something organized around that at that time.

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Thanks for posting the fan picture with Sam. Either he's out very late or very early in the morning. Can you use your magic powers to tell us where in London this was taken?

No magic needed, just Google maps Anon

The Picture was taken on Monday, day after the marathon, most likely in the morning. It's at Battersea Powerstation, the Black Sheep Coffee shop

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https://x.com/balfeheughan_/status/1916738155086074189?t=KbetyR1JfS4Cw7G2FcTUwg&s=19

"That's because you don't know, they were talking about the islands of Scotland, which are 790, and he said "almost the same number of STDs that Sam has, but he's fine now, he got rid of all of them, except one." No one laughed, the entire auditorium was silent, then he tried to fix it but it was over"

That was too much 😬😬😬😬

I'm not gonna post the thread, it's in Portuguese, someone posting that last video where Cree lifts up John and then they tumble over each other.

I know they like to take the piss out of each other, but well.... Agree it's too much... and the 😬 is appropriate as well. (uhm if you don't know what STD's mean, look it up on Google)

Was discussing Cree's behaviour last night as well in DM with someone. He's always been that crazy and I remembered the LandCon in 2019...

So it's not only now (or because he's going through a divorce)

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I'm not sure if there's something wrong with my Instagram, but I'm pretty sure Ash also shared the Double Celebration ✨ post yesterday—just like AN, Sam, and SS. A few hours later, though, she deleted it from her story. It was right after that photo of the plants. If my Instagram isn’t glitching, it’s kind of odd that she removed it, especially since she’s part of the team.

It's not your instagram, I checked (this afternoon my timezone). The pic of the plants and even the one that was an hour older were stil there, the celebration post was gone. It wasn't 24 hours old. A new one was posted

👆last night 👇 this afternoon

btw. she also took that oldest story down and reposted it shortly after, changed the caption, this is what it was before she changed it 👇

(and no not me keeping track of that, someone asked and showed me in DM). I just post it actually because of the next question about her stories;

This hasn't got anything to do with SS, and Ash isn't going to Canada either Anon. Her story is a repost of her friends sjberto, who also posted another story after that one

He's posting about a a meetup in NYC before the watch party in NYC

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Video 📹 from BlueSky

Remember Julia’s new mood? 😆

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A Heads up about Sam's Social Media Accounts

Though Sam warns people regularly about fake accounts in his name or connected to him. Be sure to not engage with the fake ones.

We all know he uses IG (and with that threads) to post his news. Always look for the official blue verification tick

He does have a tiktok account he used for a bit but it's almost a year ago he posted on there the last time

On X (formely Twitter) he does have an official account but he hasn't used it since May last year. It used to have the official blue tick, but recently it seems to be gone now!!!

There is an account on X though that looks like his account on X and does have the blue tick, has almost the same handle but this is not Sam

It also posts all the IG posts from Sam's IG, so it's easy to be confused by it. So be aware about that.

The same can be said about FB. He used to have an account there, which he also used to post in the MPC private group. But that account has been gone for a while.

I see daily all kind of fake group accounts with the weirdest messages, in his name or even using his mother/brother's name or claiming they're his management. People engage and comment on the post, there's almost always a comment on their comment telling them something like they can engage with 'the real Sam' on Telegram. It actually baffles me how people believe these posts and engage on it, unknowingly what these scammers are up to. But then again, over here we talk what he's doing and where he is etc. Most fans on socials are not that well informed and fall into the trap.

So be aware about where you engage and never give away private information or in the worst case fall into a trap where they ask for money. Always check and double check, and if you're not sure, ask people you can trust to help you out.

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👆couple of days ago and today 👇 in Brussels

So if you fancy the music, it's a great concert

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🎥 Dakshini (X) Sam at mile 17