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HIGHLANDER: SCIMITAR
by
Ashley McConnell

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10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 AUTHOR'S NOTES AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

The first part of Scimitar is based, of course, on the Algiers flashback
in Part 1 of the third season Finale of HIGHLANDER. Particular thanks
are due to David Tynan, whose script it is; to Gillian Horvath and Donna
Lettow, for providing the flashback details; and to Shirley Emin, who
mentioned the Barbary corsairs at the right moment.

The second part of the book is very loosely based on the Arab Revolt,
and is set in the last month of 1916 and the early part of 1917. Several
of the people named, including T. E. Lawrence (who later came to be
known as Lawrence of Arabia), Colonel Clayton, and the Emir Faisal ibn
Hussein, are real. Faisal's army was indeed progressing up the coast of
the Red Sea during this time. Petra is a real place, and my thanks go
to Richard Halliburton for recording the "rose-red city, half as old as
time," in his Book of Marvels.

Everything else, particularly the tribes of Rushallah and the Irzed and
the legendary treasure house, is a product of my own imagination, with
the help of Nina Kiriki Hoffman's magic sprinkles.

Additional thanks should go to Sean Antonio Romero, who provided the
source book for more research material on the martial arts than I could
possibly use here, and to Betsy Mitchell, who took a great deal on faith
and handled a sensitive situation with tact and humor.