The Immortal Highlander (2004) (edit title/settings)

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• Adam Black: aka Amadan D. Fae prince sent into the human world stripped of his Fae powers
• Gabrielle O'Callaghan: aka Gabby. 20-something law student and intern living in Cincinnati who has the ability to see in both worlds of faery and mortal, Sidhe-seer
• Darroc: High Council Elder of the Tuatha de Danaan who has been feuding with Adam for thousands of years.
• Aoibheal: Queen of the Fae
• Drustan MacKeltar: Former laird of the MacKeltar clan of druids from the sixteenth century, now living in the twenty-first century with his wife Gwen.
• Gwen Cassidy: Physicist and wife of Drustan
• Dageus MacKeltar: Twin brother of Drustan, of the MacKeltar clan of druids from the sixteenth century, now living in the twenty-first century with his wife Chloe.
• Chloe MacKeltar: Student of antiquities and wife of Dageus
• Circenn Brodie: Adam's formerly estranged son by the mortal Morgana. Half-fae, immortal through trickery by Adam.

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• “If Gabrielle was to be his own private Eden, there would be no apple of knowledge proffered. Adam knew full well what had happened to that other Adam. A little knowledge always got a man booted out of the Garden.”

  Adam Black

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• Though she’d never considered herself a particularly religious person, she was deeply spiritual, and the soul was, well . . . the sacred essence of a person, the imprint of self, the source of one’s capacity for goodness, for love. It was what was reborn again and again on one’s journey to evolve. A soul was the inner divine, the very breath of God.

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• Darroc, Elder of the Tuatha Dé Danaan’s High Council,

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Setting & Locations edit see section history

• Cincinatti, OH: Busy city
• Scotland: Castles, hillocks, crags, open scenery
• Morar: Fae realm

Organizations edit see section history

• Druids: Those that reign over knowledge and understanding of Celtic lore and the Otherworld

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Series & Lists edit see section history

Preceded by The Dark Highlander, and followed by Spell of the Highlander.

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

1. Karen Marie Moning (Author)

First Edition edit see section history

Classification edit see section history

• Library of Congress: PS3613.O527 I53 2004
• Dewey: 813.6

Notes for Parents edit see section history

Some sexual content. Profanity.

Subjects edit see section history

• Books › Romance › Fantasy, Futuristic & Ghost
• Books › Romance › Historical

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• Karen Marie Moning's Official Website

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