Speaking with Good Reads in 2014, Gabaldon was asked a number of questions about the Outlander history, and indeed where it’s going.

During this interview Gabaldon was asked: “Do you already know how it will end, if not how exactly you’ll get there?”

To which she responded: “Yes and no. I do know what the last scene is, because I wrote that about ten years ago.

“It popped up in the middle of the night. But it isn’t a plot conclusion; it’s an epilogue.