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"There Can Be Only One"

The battle rages across the centuries, from the wind-scoured Sahara to the wild Russian steppes to the rocky crags of Scotland. And only one Immortal can survive.

MacLeod is the Highlander. A Scottish clan warrior from the 16th century, he was taught the deadly arts by an ancient mentor, who then suffered the only wound that can end an Immortal's life: decapitation.

Now, seven lifetimes later, MacLeod faces the final test. The Kurgan, his ancient adversary, has tracked him all the way to the streets of New York City.

The fight will be the same: blade to blade. Only the outcome is in doubt. Will the Highlander win? Or will the Kurgan's scimitar stop him with a blow that will plunge the earth itself into an era of darkness and chaos?

Centuries ago, the immortal pirate Khordas vowed to destroy Duncan MacLeod--the Highlander. Now, on the anniversary of blood, this undying monster springs an infernal trap around the Highlander. But the pirate doesn't want merely to kill MacLeod. Unless stopped, Khordas will sear to cinders everything and everyone the Highlander holds dear.

For centuries the legendary sword has brought death and the Quickening. Now the sword has mysteriously been delivered into Joe Dawson's hands, with instructions that tell Dawson the secret society of mortals who have observed immortals.

MacLeod is drawn into a conspiracy of Immortals on a militant quest to win back the independence that Scotland lost, centuries ago, at the battle of Culloden. If Duncan follows the call of the clans he risks being drawn into a web of death.

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Duncan MacLeod is lured into a plot to steal Scotland's royal jewels back from England by a fellow Highlander. Irish Immortal and IRA terrorist Annie Devlin joins in the plan, hoping to unite the Scottish and Irish independence movements.

One of the ages-old race of Immortals, Duncan MacLeod has tried to turn his back on tradition and live his life as a mortal. But as the time of the Gathering draws near--when the few remaining Immortals will fight to the last--he finds himself being drawn back to battle. If he wins at the Gathering, he will acquire all the powers of the losers; if he does not succeed, he loses his life forever.

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The Scottish Immortal Duncan MacLeod faces Immortal Niccolo Machiavelli in Venice, Italy, in 1655.

In The Path, Scottish warrior Duncan McLeod meets the current Dalai Lama after having departed Tibet in 1781. He has to know whether the Dalai Lama remembers him or not.

Duncan MacLeod, member of an age-old race of immortal beings, is in Paris helping a friend organize a museum exhibit of ancient cultures destroyed by the Romans. While unwrapping a priceless scroll of the Torah, Duncan remembers Avram Mordecai, a young Immortal who was determined to see the Romans defeated and the lands of Israel returned to the Hebrews. When Duncan meets Maral, a Palestinian delegate to the Arab-Israeli peace talks, he falls irrevocably in love. But as the tense negotiations unfold, Duncan realizes that Avram still lives--and he has not forgotten his holy war. Now Duncan is trapped between an old friend and the woman he loves.

One of the age-old race of Immortals, Duncan MacLeod has tried to turn his back on tradition & live his life as a mortal. But as the time of the gathering draws near, when the last Immortals will fight to the last, he finds himself being drawn to battle.

Once Darius was a man of war, laying siege to Rome. Centuries later, as a man of God, Darius touched the life of Duncan MacLeod. Now a spurned lover from Darius' warrior days returns for revenge against all he called friend.

In Captive Soul, warrior Duncan McLeod and his friend Methos notice a particular sword on display in a NY museum. Methos recognises the weapon from his days in Ancient Egypt.

Three millennia past, Methos aided the Ancient Egyptian pharaohs when the Hyksos invaded. He reluctantly becomes a spy inside the Hyksos royal house, when he meets the Immortal - and thoroughly insane - Prince Khyan. Methos misses his chance to take the madman's head, a mistake that returns to haunt him as the Oldest Immortal returns to find his sword, killing all in his path.

The year is 1889 and the San Francisco gold rush is in full swing. Seeking adventure, Duncan MacLeod, member of an age old race of immortals, sets out for the Alaskan territory. MacLeod, Hugh Fitzcairn and his young apprentice get trapped in the frozen Yukon. There they face their deaths... over and over and over again.

In one of the year's most unusual media tie-in events, the cast, crew and writers of a smash-hit TV series turn their creative talents to writing original fiction based on their own show.

The show is television's popular Highlander series. And these are the stories that have remained untold until now: character histories by the actors who play them... spin-offs of favorite episodes...plots that exist only in the producer's imagination. These all-new adventures of Duncan MacLeod and the Immortals offer a once-in-a-lifetime look inside the minds of the people who know Highlander best-because they created Highlander...

Contents:

• ix - Foreword (Highlander: An Evening at Joe's) - essay by Bill Panzer
• xiii - Introduction (Highlander: An Evening at Joe's) - essay by Gillian Horvath
• 1 - Letters from Viet Nam - shortstory by Jim Byrnes
• 7 - Train from Bordeaux - shortstory by Gillian Horvath
• 11 - The Star of Athena - shortstory by Laura Brennan
• 27 - Words to the Highlander - shortstory by Peter Hudson
• 33 - Pants - shortfiction by Donna Lettow
• 41 - Consone's Diary - shortstory by Anthony De Longis
• 57 - Down Toward the Outflow - shortstory by Roger Bellon
• 61 - The Methos Chronicles: Part 1 - novelette by Don Anderson
• 89 - From the Grave - shortstory by Stan Kirsch
• 95 - Postcards from Alexa (Highlander: An Evening at Joe's) - essay by Gillian Horvath and Donna Lettow
• 95 - World Enough and Time - shortfiction by Gillian Horvath
• 99 - World Enough and Time II - shortstory by Donna Lettow
• 107 - World Enough and Time III - shortfiction by Gillian Horvath
• 109 - Natural Wonders - shortstory by Donna Lettow
• 125 - Holy Ground - shortstory by Gillian Horvath and Donna Lettow
• 137 - The Man with No Name - shortstory by Donna Lettow
• 145 - Postcards from Athens - shortstory by Gillian Horvath
• 155 - Night in Geneva - shortstory by Donna Lettow
• 163 - He Scores - shortfiction by Ken Gord
• 177 - The Staircase - novella by Valentine Pelka
• 233 - Death Shall Have No Dominion - novelette by F. Braun McAsh
• 273 - A Time of Innocents - shortstory by Peter Wingfield
• 279 - Other Side of the Mirror - shortstory by Dennis Berry and Darla Kershner