"Wonderful sequel to THE INSCRIPTION, part of immortal Scottish Protectors series"

Immortal William MacAlpin has turned his back on his people and their ways. Preferring to live among humankind as a smoke jumper in the Montana wilds, William refuses to acknowledge the Proctors and their council. Circumstances force him to travel back in time to the 16th century to track an escaped fugitive who plans to alter history.

There William meets Isabel de Pinze, one of many retainers in the court of Queen Mary but with dreams of becoming much more. William and Isabel seem fated to work together to complete his task. Will the lovers survive their efforts to find love and honor at journey's end?

This is another solid entry in Ms. Binder's Scottish Protectors series - a great sequel to The Inscription.

Reviewed by Sue Burke
Courtesy Old Book Barn Gazette
Posted June 3, 2003

sequel to THE INSCRIPTION

Summary

In present-day Montana, William MacAlpin courageously fights fires as a smoke jumper in the rugged backcountry, but this reckless endeavor masks an even more dangerous calling. For William is from a dying breed of immortals sworn to protect the earth. When he learns that a ruthless killer has escaped into sixteenth-century England, determined to change history, William vows to bring the renegade immortal back -- dead or alive.

Isabel de Pinze, a gifted painter and servant in Queen Mary's court, knows nothing of the existence of the Immortals or of the battle that rages between good and evil. She knows only that the man she sees being ambushed along the Thames River needs her help, and that his stolen kiss stirs her deepest longings. Soon, however, William discovers that his quest is linked to Isabel's own amazing destiny...for he has fallen in love with the one woman who can destroy them all.