The drama comes from without, emanating in particular from the despicable Governor William Tryon of North Carolina as the American Revolution approaches. The Fiery Cross begins in October 1770, the day after the fourth book ends. For The Fiery Cross, that word is "Community."Īnd indeed, the best thing about The Fiery Cross is Jamie and Claire Fraser finally experiencing the joy of living with their entire family: daughter Brianna and her husband Roger, adopted son Fergus and stepdaughter Marsali, various small grandchildren, and settlers at Fraser's Ridge, some of whom were imprisoned at Ardsmuir years ago with Jamie. Outlander obsession, what can I say.)Īs I've mentioned in most of these book reviews, Diana Gabaldon was once asked if she could sum up the theme of each of her Outlander novels in a single word. (And then after season four, desperate to know what happened next, I did read it, and I've even re-read it since then. And I didn't get back to it until I became obsessed with the television series in 2019. I was so turned off that I never finished The Fiery Cross. It reminded me of the endless quidditch match that made me ditch Harry Potter. The book begins with the Gathering, a meeting of hundreds of Scots in North Carolina, with characters going from tent to tent and campfire to campfire spouting exposition for nearly two hundred pages. Number five, The Fiery Cross, is the one that lost me. I initially read the first four Outlander books years ago, long before the series arrived, and I loved them. In 1770 North Carolina, the Frasers build a life for themselves and their settlers during the lead-up to, and fall-out after, the Battle of Alamance in the War of the Regulation.Ĭonfession time. The major differences between the book and the fifth season of the television series. After an adorable spoiler kitten, some discussion of the book in depth, andģ. A relatively spoiler-free piece about the book in general Ģ.
The Fiery Cross is the fifth book in Diana Gabaldon's Outlander series.
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