Drums of Autumn Chapter 26 traps Claire with measles, Lord John, William, and Jamie’s impossible tenderness for a son he cannot claim.

Drums of Autumn Chapter 45 reveals Brianna’s pregnancy and the truth she has been carrying, turning the Ridge story into a crisis of time, trauma, and family trust.

Drums of Autumn Chapter 25 opens with a rattlesnake in the privy, then brings Lord John Grey, William, and measles danger to Fraser’s Ridge.

Drums of Autumn Chapter 24 puts Roger and Brianna’s long-distance relationship under pressure, turning letters into romance, avoidance, and moral debt.

Drums of Autumn Chapter 23 sends Claire into a storm, a medical mystery, and a skull with silver fillings that cracks open the book’s time-travel mythology.

Drums of Autumn Chapter 22 gives Roger the death notice that changes everything, forcing him to choose between honesty and control.

Drums of Autumn Chapter 21 settles into the first winter on Fraser’s Ridge, where domestic survival and Jamie’s longing for Brianna quietly reshape the story.