Sacred Trust
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lanning is one of the best Highlander novels out there. Each time I read it, it seems like the first time. I'm completely sucked into the story and not only feel for Methos, but with him. (Actually, I think I cried three times the last time I read it.) The writing just rings so true, that you can't help but experience the emotions that the characters are going through. It is Duncan/Methos slash, but their relationship is really secondary to the plot (which is how I think it should be). In fact, we get to see the type of relationships that Methos has with several people--Duncan, Joe Dawson, Darius, and many more who we meet as the story progresses. The story begins a few weeks after Macleod has challenged and defeated Byron, one of Methos' students. Since that night, it seems that both the Highlander and the ROG have spent the majority of their time drunk--separately. Joe, Richie, and Amanda are trying to watch out for both of them, but the babysitting duty isn't going well. Duncan keeps reliving some of Methos' most painful memories in his dreams, and it's slowly driving him mad. Methos, for his part, seems bent on suicide by carelessness, and is waiting for Macleod to challenge him. Just as Joe has succeeded in uprooting Methos from his perch on Maurice's bar stool, they are nearly run over by a hysterical young Watcher who turns out to be Jack Shapiro's assistant. The Watcher is ranting about the Watcher bogeyman, an Immortal named Lucius who is responsible for the deaths of over 2000 Watchers. It seems that he's active again. What follows is a desperate chase as the Clan Macleod attempts to elude the grasp of the psychotic Immortal who hates all Watchers and Methos in particular.
lanning is one of the best Highlander novels out there. Each time I read it, it seems like the first time. I'm completely sucked into the story and not only feel for Methos, but with him. (Actually, I think I cried three times the last time I read it.) The writing just rings so true, that you can't help but experience the emotions that the characters are going through. It is Duncan/Methos slash, but their relationship is really secondary to the plot (which is how I think it should be). In fact, we get to see the type of relationships that Methos has with several people--Duncan, Joe Dawson, Darius, and many more who we meet as the story progresses. The story begins a few weeks after Macleod has challenged and defeated Byron, one of Methos' students. Since that night, it seems that both the Highlander and the ROG have spent the majority of their time drunk--separately. Joe, Richie, and Amanda are trying to watch out for both of them, but the babysitting duty isn't going well. Duncan keeps reliving some of Methos' most painful memories in his dreams, and it's slowly driving him mad. Methos, for his part, seems bent on suicide by carelessness, and is waiting for Macleod to challenge him. Just as Joe has succeeded in uprooting Methos from his perch on Maurice's bar stool, they are nearly run over by a hysterical young Watcher who turns out to be Jack Shapiro's assistant. The Watcher is ranting about the Watcher bogeyman, an Immortal named Lucius who is responsible for the deaths of over 2000 Watchers. It seems that he's active again. What follows is a desperate chase as the Clan Macleod attempts to elude the grasp of the psychotic Immortal who hates all Watchers and Methos in particular.