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The Victories We Claim by Sandra McDonald (R)
Fandom: HIGHLANDER
Pairing: None
Author Website: Sandra McDonald's Highlander Fiction
Why this must be read:
Yes, Methos was Death, Fourth Horseman of the Apocalypse. And by the standards of the Bronze age, that meant unimaginable horror. But the twentieth century brought horrors even a 5000-year-old man could never have imagined, breaking him in a way he probably thought he was no longer capable of. This is how he recovered from that blow. While it's the third story in a trilogy, I didn't know that when I first read it. It stands perfectly on its own.
They came to him like visitors from another planet - boisterous women like Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, Maxine Sullivan, Peggy Lee. Benny Goodman, the King of Swing, blasting through the air with enough energy to make the tea cup rattle. Duke Ellington, his music both witty and melodic. The bebop sounds of Dizzy Gillespie. Count Basie's elegant piano playing. The music registered in his ears and intellect but failed entirely to move his cold, dead heart.
The Victories We Claim
Pairing: None
Author Website: Sandra McDonald's Highlander Fiction
Why this must be read:
Yes, Methos was Death, Fourth Horseman of the Apocalypse. And by the standards of the Bronze age, that meant unimaginable horror. But the twentieth century brought horrors even a 5000-year-old man could never have imagined, breaking him in a way he probably thought he was no longer capable of. This is how he recovered from that blow. While it's the third story in a trilogy, I didn't know that when I first read it. It stands perfectly on its own.
They came to him like visitors from another planet - boisterous women like Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, Maxine Sullivan, Peggy Lee. Benny Goodman, the King of Swing, blasting through the air with enough energy to make the tea cup rattle. Duke Ellington, his music both witty and melodic. The bebop sounds of Dizzy Gillespie. Count Basie's elegant piano playing. The music registered in his ears and intellect but failed entirely to move his cold, dead heart.
The Victories We Claim