User Reviews

1. Part of what makes the Highlander stories so great is how they take place in different countries and we see a sample of the history and art of those countries. Here we see Duncan spending time in Spain and has apparently become a pretty good Flamenco dancer. As usual he is enjoying the company of some beautiful women. 2. Immortal Otavio Condone, also a dancer is there as well. Otavio is an arrogant and hateful man who believes all women exist to obey him. He killed the fiancé of dancer Anna Hidalgo, and later runs over her with his car leaving her crippled. He appears many years later to taunt her about it and doesn't care that she sees that he has not aged physically, as he flaunts and taunts. 3. I enjoyed very much Richie's conversation with Anna as she shares her pain with him. He is a great listener. She goes on to talk to Richie about dancing and about the Duende, a point in time during a dance when a dancer feels that he or she cannot continue due to exhaustion. At the moment of the Duende the dancer finds focus and reaches down inside to find strength which was not there before. 4. Consone killed Theresa, a dancer who wanted to marry Duncan and now Consone has targeted Anna's daughter to subdue her and abuse her. 5. In this story we see an historical example of "The Spanish Circle", the practice of keeping a sword fight within a circle which both limits and dictates the movements and strategies of each opponent. Consone has mastered this form of sword fighting. Duncan even trained briefly under Consone, and since then twice Consone showed his superiority over Duncan. 6. Eventually Duncan must face Consone in the Spanish Circle as he believes that Anna's daughter will never be safe. Richie rightfully asks Duncan why he intends to fight according to Consone's rules instead of simply challenging him. Duncan responds that he is a better fighter now, and that it (his history with Consone,) "all comes back to this" (the Spanish Circle). So instead of seeing Duncan with his Japanese katana, Duncan and Consone are both armed with a Spanish rapier sword in one hand and a dagger in the other. 7. We see another epic fight in this series. Possibly the fight of the longest duration, starting in the day and stretching into night, even lasting through a rain shower. They both must be very tired, Duncan maybe the most tired of the two as Consone plunges his rapier into Duncan's mid section. With Duncan mortally wounded Consone prepares to finish him, but pauses to taunt him once more. This presents Duncan with his "Duende". Duncan grabs Consone's rapier and pulls the blade forward all the way through himself, bringing the combatants much closer. Duncan must act fast or die. Consone strikes with his dagger, but Duncan blocks the blow and grabs that dagger. Now with two daggers at Consone's throat, and a very surprised look on Consone's face, Duncan takes the head of the arrogant immortal.