Archaeology, by Nightspear (PG-13)
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figs_sg1_recRec Category: Drama
Pairing: none
Categories: drama, gen, Daniel Jackson, angst, team, humor, AU, novel, series, hurt/comfort, episode related
Warnings: minor character deaths
Author on LJ:night_spear1287
Author's Website: List of stories
Link: Archaeology (table of contents)
Why This Must Be Read: With Archaeology, Nightspear brings her brilliant AU full circle, as Daniel turns 18 and finally becomes a full-fledged member of SG-1.
This fourth and final novel in the Daniel of Abydos series covers the events of S4, with the differences in a world where Daniel was born and raised on Abydos, coming to Earth as a teenager. Beautifully written, with loving detail and attention, Nightspear explores this very different Daniel, shaped by other life experiences but still possessed with the same intellect, sheer stubbornness, and strength of personality as the Dr. Daniel Jackson we all know so well.
Some die who survived in canon; others live who died. (And if you're like me, you'll spend several chapters in breathless dread, waiting to see if a certain character suffers the same fate as he does in canon, too.) Daniel learns the true meaning of vengeance and grief and coming of age and acceptance, and you'll find yourself deeply moved by his journey, his team, and the friendships he cherishes.
Nightspear has crafted a brilliant AU, and while I'm sorry to see it finished, her ending truly does Daniel of Abydos justice. If you've read her other three novels, you'll want to start reading immediately; if you haven't, I suggest beginning with Translations. Trust me: you'll be very glad you did!
He took a breath, then deliberately opened the book to where he'd left off. Nothing he studied seemed to be military enough for Jack's liking, and at the same time, it was too military for Robert.
"I-I'm sorry," Robert said. "You're trying to learn stuff and you don't even have to. That's...that's always a good thing." He sounded like he was trying to convince himself.
"Hm."
"Really, it is," Robert insisted. "You've basically got a job set for life and you still want to study, even more now that I'm not making you. So...you know. Not the books I would've picked, but I’m not...judging, or..."
"I'm not who you thought I'd be, am I," Daniel said.
He couldn't tell without looking up whether Robert's silence was because Daniel was right or because he was surprised or both.
"Well, I'm not who I thought I'd be, either, if that makes you feel any better," Daniel said, staring at the words 'cultural values' on the page and not really wanting to look away. He didn't think he was who his parents had thought he'd be, either.
"It doesn't, really," Robert said.
"I'm sorry."
"No--Daniel, geez, you don't have to be sorry," Robert said immediately. "You just came up with a theory about Goa'ulds and...and naquadah and Stargates in, like, thirty seconds. Just like that. In the middle of reading about...whatever that book's about."
"A theory based on no concrete evidence."
"But see, that's--stop reading for a minute," Robert said, placing a hand over the page until Daniel was forced to look up. "I can't make someone think like you. You can get the rest from books and classes, but... Okay. I don't care how you study--you're gonna know twice as much as anyone on base by the time you hit thirty. Don't roll your eyes--it's not that old."
Daniel rolled his eyes.
"I wish you weren't running around trying to get yourself killed most of the time," Robert said, picking up the argument they seemed to have at least once a month these days. "I want you to make it to thirty. That's all."
Pairing: none
Categories: drama, gen, Daniel Jackson, angst, team, humor, AU, novel, series, hurt/comfort, episode related
Warnings: minor character deaths
Author on LJ:
night_spear1287Author's Website: List of stories
Link: Archaeology (table of contents)
Why This Must Be Read: With Archaeology, Nightspear brings her brilliant AU full circle, as Daniel turns 18 and finally becomes a full-fledged member of SG-1.
This fourth and final novel in the Daniel of Abydos series covers the events of S4, with the differences in a world where Daniel was born and raised on Abydos, coming to Earth as a teenager. Beautifully written, with loving detail and attention, Nightspear explores this very different Daniel, shaped by other life experiences but still possessed with the same intellect, sheer stubbornness, and strength of personality as the Dr. Daniel Jackson we all know so well.
Some die who survived in canon; others live who died. (And if you're like me, you'll spend several chapters in breathless dread, waiting to see if a certain character suffers the same fate as he does in canon, too.) Daniel learns the true meaning of vengeance and grief and coming of age and acceptance, and you'll find yourself deeply moved by his journey, his team, and the friendships he cherishes.
Nightspear has crafted a brilliant AU, and while I'm sorry to see it finished, her ending truly does Daniel of Abydos justice. If you've read her other three novels, you'll want to start reading immediately; if you haven't, I suggest beginning with Translations. Trust me: you'll be very glad you did!
He took a breath, then deliberately opened the book to where he'd left off. Nothing he studied seemed to be military enough for Jack's liking, and at the same time, it was too military for Robert.
"I-I'm sorry," Robert said. "You're trying to learn stuff and you don't even have to. That's...that's always a good thing." He sounded like he was trying to convince himself.
"Hm."
"Really, it is," Robert insisted. "You've basically got a job set for life and you still want to study, even more now that I'm not making you. So...you know. Not the books I would've picked, but I’m not...judging, or..."
"I'm not who you thought I'd be, am I," Daniel said.
He couldn't tell without looking up whether Robert's silence was because Daniel was right or because he was surprised or both.
"Well, I'm not who I thought I'd be, either, if that makes you feel any better," Daniel said, staring at the words 'cultural values' on the page and not really wanting to look away. He didn't think he was who his parents had thought he'd be, either.
"It doesn't, really," Robert said.
"I'm sorry."
"No--Daniel, geez, you don't have to be sorry," Robert said immediately. "You just came up with a theory about Goa'ulds and...and naquadah and Stargates in, like, thirty seconds. Just like that. In the middle of reading about...whatever that book's about."
"A theory based on no concrete evidence."
"But see, that's--stop reading for a minute," Robert said, placing a hand over the page until Daniel was forced to look up. "I can't make someone think like you. You can get the rest from books and classes, but... Okay. I don't care how you study--you're gonna know twice as much as anyone on base by the time you hit thirty. Don't roll your eyes--it's not that old."
Daniel rolled his eyes.
"I wish you weren't running around trying to get yourself killed most of the time," Robert said, picking up the argument they seemed to have at least once a month these days. "I want you to make it to thirty. That's all."
