Highlander: White Silence

An immortal Scottish warrior heads from the California Gold Rush to the Alaskan wilderness in this original novel from the fantasy adventure franchise. Born in the 16th century Scottish Highlands, Duncan MacLeod is one of a number of immortals born with a power known as the Quickening. Those who possess it are nearly invincible and can only die if they are beheaded. For centuries he has fought others like himselffor fate has decreed there can be only one. Now it is 1889, and Duncan is enjoying the bustle of a booming San Francisco. But his taste for adventure is calling him. When his old friend Hugh Fitzcairn arrives with a young protege, the three immortals head out for the Alaskan territory. But a journey that would be death for any normal man soon becomes a living hell for Duncan and his companions.