Duncan and Machiavelli

The Highlander franchise has its highs and its lows; the original film, which was brilliant; the sequels, which were mostly not; the television series, which started slow, but became very good by the second season, only to lose its way a bit near the end. And then there is the series of books based on the television series and Duncan MacLeod as opposed to Connor MacLeod from the movies. This series was a very good extension of the television series, giving Duncan an opportunity to flesh out his character.

In Measure of a Man, the Highlander is in Venice, Italy in 1655 and playing mental chess with the prince manipulation, Niccolo Machiavelli. Machiavelli is an immortal with aspirations of domination of the mortal world and he is daring Duncan to stop him.

Like the rest of the series (I have read the first five titles), this is a very good installment and I can highly recommend it to all Highlander fans…and if you aren’t a Highlander fan, give it a read, you might get hooked. ( )

Everyone knows MacLeod is a decent, honest, honorable man, even if he does his share of head lopping and violence. Machiavelli, presumably, was a tad more on the pragmatic sword. What if he was an Immortal? He would likely be pretty sneaky.

That is the possible scenario spunky Dunky has to face in this book.

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