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The Lightning's Hand
| Zine | |
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| Title: | The Lightning's Hand |
| Publisher: | Ashton Press |
| Editor: | |
| Author(s): | Ann Wortham & Leah Rosenthal |
| Cover Artist(s): | Leah Rosenthal |
| Illustrator(s): | Leah Rosenthal |
| Date(s): | April 1998 |
| Medium: | |
| Size: | |
| Genre: | gen |
| Fandom: | Highlander |
| External Links: | http://ashtonpress.net/fanzines/Highlander.htm excerpts |
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The Lightning's Hand is a 175-page gen Highlander novel by Ann Wortham and Leah Rosenthal.
The cover is by Leah Rosenthal.
Series
Summary
Ahriman, a.k.a. Kummaya, has been defeated, our heroes have returned home for a well-deserved rest, and the ancient Sword of Nuada has been retrieved. All is well in Duncan MacLeod’s world. Even his friends, some of them deadly enemies of each other, have managed to come to a truce of sorts. Several months have passed in relative normalcy. Of course, nothing in MacLeod’s world ever stays normal for long! Whilst being moved from David Shaws’ estate to the British Museum, the deadly sword is stolen…and it is feared that it has fallen back into the hands of an Immortal. MacLeod fears that Amanda has succumbed to a desire to own the object, while Cassandra suspects Methos…and, of course, Methos suspects Cassandra, who considered the sword a sacred relic. Suspects abound and the chase is on to find the culprit!' [1]
Reactions and Reviews
Cassandra stories seem to fall into one of two categories. Either she's a psychotic bitch driven over the edge by the events of CaH/Rev who takes her madness out on either Mac or Methos until one of them finally puts her down like the dog she is, or she's this virgin-priestess-goddess all-powerful-all-knowing wise-woman. I don't really buy either one, though I have fewer problems with the former since they're usually chock full of angst. :-)
I actually don't much care for the character, but if I had to choose, I'd say my favorite version of Cassandra is in the 'zines Then the Night Comes, The Lightning's Hand, and Touched by Magic written by Ann Wortham & Leah Rosenthal. I picked the first two up at MediaWest con and liked 'em enough to get dragged back into Highlander after 3+ years out (and lordy, was there alot of fiction written during that time!!). [2]
References
- ^ from the publisher
- ^ comments from Lisa at from POLL:The best HL fanfic author on the net (Nov 16, 1999)