Highlander(TM): The Captive Soul (Highlander (Warner))

by Josepha Sherman

Book Overview

Duncan MacLeod and his friend Methos notice a particular sword on display in a New York City museum. Methos recognizes the weapon from his days in ancient Egypt when he attempted to free that... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0446605719
• Release Date: August 1998
• Publisher: Aspect
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.27 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.0" x 0.5" x 5.0"

Customer Reviews

An old enemy of Methos is on the prowl in New York City hunting for an ancient sword

I love this book because it's about Methos! In this book an old enemy of his is prowling New York City hunting for an ancient sword and killing anyone who gets in his way, so it's up to Methos to stop him! I also love the flashbacks to ancient Egypt as well. A truly enjoyable read! I just wish they would've written more Methos novels ❤️

Mysterious Methos reveals a bit of his past

This is a tie-in novel to the HIGHLANDER TV series and focuses on Methos the oldest Immortal. If you are not a fan of, or at least familiar with this series you will probably not enjoy this book. As the story opens Methos and MacLeod are in present day New York City. There has been a series of killings around the riverfront. An exhibit from an ancient civilization, the Hyksos, who had briefly conquered Egypt has opened. Since this is a Highlander story these two seemingly random facts are related and of course, one of the characters has some past link that now surfaces. This time it is Methos who has a past history intruding on his present life. Most of the novel is a flashback to his previous life in Egypt under the Hyksos rule, including a lost love, a bit of intrigue, a few battles and an insane immortal. For Highlander fans the pattern is familiar but well loved. This is a very enjoyable tale for Highlander fans and an absolute delight for anyone particularly into the Methos character. It is a bit unusual in that the flashback aspect dominates rather than the present day, and that there is very little MacLeod, Methos is most definitely the main character. The ancient Egyptian storyline gets a bit tedious at times but overall this is a fun read and a great addition to the Highlander universe.

The Captive Audiance

I at one time was able to read this book I thuroughly enjoyed every page to the point I couldn't put it down if ever given the chance I would pick it up again and read for hours the whole delving into Methos' past in ancient egypt was so much wished for after all a 5,000 year old immortal just doesn't sit around and drink tea and eat crumpets for all those years.

Need more Methos

A random trip to a museum leads Methos down memory lane to a time in ancient Egypt. In 1500's B.C. Methos travels to Egypt only to discover it is being occupied by a brutal race known as the Hyksos. Methos decides to get the hell out of dodge but he's unwittingly drawn into the fight to rid Egypt of Hyksos rule. His task becomes even more perilous because a Hyksos prince turns out to be an immortal, and a completely insane one at that. Meanwhile, back in present day New York, Methos and Duncan suspect that a killing spree is tied to Methos' past. This really is a three star book but since I lust after Methos it gets four. The plot isn't really anything special but is interesting enough to keep you reading, even though it's pretty predictable. Methos and Duncan were well written and in character but many of the secondary characters were one dimensional. The writing overall is adequate but the author's tendency to repeat herself and state the obvious got on my nerves after a while. Methos fans will enjoy this book but if you aren't that interested in him, skip it.

A VERY GOOD STORY FROM METHOS' PAST

I wasn't expecting much from "The Captive Soul", after having read some bad reviews on it, but what a good surprise I had when I managed to read the book; although part of it is a little disappointing, indeed, I very much liked it. The action in the past is an interesting and thrilling trip into Methos' past -- any fan of the ROG can have a lot of fun reading how Methos helped the Egyptians to get rid of their evil overlords, the Hyksos, and, in the meantime, fell in love with a slave who he refused to name "like a pet". Both stories get along well and have a very unexpected ending. Besides, in ancient Egypt, we can enjoy (and imagine) several scenarios and situations Methos is in. His thoughts as well as his actions are believable, sometimes reminding you the "good Dr. Adams". However, the action in the present leaves a lot to be desired. Methos and MacLeod don't have much interaction -- they just keep walking from a place to another, chit-chatting, and suddenly the story is over. The final sword fight is not that good and Josepha Sherman even forgets to tell us what happened with a character (Professor Maxwell), who was around at the beginning of the last "scene" and then, disappears without any further explanation. There also is the issue concerning the time (1573-1570 B.C.) Sherman placed her story: one can remember that Methos was a very bad guy in the "Bronze Age" and it would be very unlikely that, at this time, he would be willing to help anyone but himself, or be kind and lovely towards his women. Well, one can either take in consideration that the Bronze Age occurred in different times in different regions of the world (and the Methos of the book is a post-blue-faced Methos)... or forget it and enjoy the story. And yet, the book hasn't been ruined (in my opinion, at least) -- as a Methos' fan, I really loved to "see" him in this adventure in ancient Egypt, being the old good Methos we all love.

In this book, you find out a whole LOT about Methos's past.

ok. This book is about how, while Duncan and Methos are in New York, they come across a truly ancient and hopelessly insane immortal whose sole purpose is to free his Hyksos "brother" from an ancient sword that the Egyptians trapped him in when they liberated their land. You find out much about Methos' past wanderings in that land when it was under Hyksos rule and what he had to do in order to survive. It's a GOOD book and Methos (my love) is PROMINENTLY displayed. It's worth the money and has a wonderful plot as well as intense action.