Pardoe has written another very good book in the Highlander series which began with "Highlander Gambit."The book has very well drawn characters, including a woman Colonel who's as tough as nails.Trapped and outnumbered, the Highlanders do not have a chance - - until Loren Jaffray decides to try out a "wild idea" with only a slender chance of working.Here we again meet the Smoke Jaguars, the meanest and cruelest of the clans. And there's plenty of laser fire for the action fans