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The Plumed Serpent Affair by Chajka (PG-13)
Fandom: THE MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E.
Pairing: Napoleon/Illya (Gen)
Author on LJ: Unknown
Author Website: Unknown (The Author is administrator of File 40)
Why this must be read:
Alert! Masterpiece Alert! That's not an exageration; this long story, first published in zine and recently put on line, got a well deserved Fan Q reward a few years ago.
If you want to know the premises of "Deadly Quest" and the roots of Victor Karmak's thirst of revenge, if you favour the blend of adventure, humour and fantasy, if you have always dreamed to add a new authentic episode to your old collection of MFU video tapes, then, undoubtly this story is for you. In it, you will find everything you are longing for: Action, friendship and loyalty, exotic landscapes, dark lithe dancing beauties and feathers crowned muscled Apollos (sorry I don't know the Aztec name of his counterpart), tame jaguars, mystic rituals and Lost Cities in the Central America wilderness. However, beware, in spite of it's fantastic side, this work is based upon a thorough and accurate knowledge of the ancient Aztec civilisation; an Aztec vocabulary is provided to the curious reader.
In a way the starting point of the adventure is a reverse of "Deadly Quest": Napoleon is abducted and Illya rushes to rescue him. Solo's first meeting with Karmak is worth a quotation:
"I have acquired this female as a mate for my male jaguar Ying," the man continued in a weirdly conversational lilt. "You will meet him later. He is my pride. I raised him from a cub after hunting his mother. She died bravely". "And for whom was I acquired as a mate? quipped Solo".
And so, Illya and Napoleon made a solemn entry in Tamoanchan greeted by the great priest of Quetzalcoatl, the Plumed Serpent, as the revered "Flowery Captives", the ritual incarnations of the two hero twins Hohampu and Xbalanque, chosen to fight the Dark Lords of the Underworld.
To know the outcome, you have to read the story. Don't miss it, it's great!
The Plumed Serpent Affair
Pairing: Napoleon/Illya (Gen)
Author on LJ: Unknown
Author Website: Unknown (The Author is administrator of File 40)
Why this must be read:
Alert! Masterpiece Alert! That's not an exageration; this long story, first published in zine and recently put on line, got a well deserved Fan Q reward a few years ago.
If you want to know the premises of "Deadly Quest" and the roots of Victor Karmak's thirst of revenge, if you favour the blend of adventure, humour and fantasy, if you have always dreamed to add a new authentic episode to your old collection of MFU video tapes, then, undoubtly this story is for you. In it, you will find everything you are longing for: Action, friendship and loyalty, exotic landscapes, dark lithe dancing beauties and feathers crowned muscled Apollos (sorry I don't know the Aztec name of his counterpart), tame jaguars, mystic rituals and Lost Cities in the Central America wilderness. However, beware, in spite of it's fantastic side, this work is based upon a thorough and accurate knowledge of the ancient Aztec civilisation; an Aztec vocabulary is provided to the curious reader.
In a way the starting point of the adventure is a reverse of "Deadly Quest": Napoleon is abducted and Illya rushes to rescue him. Solo's first meeting with Karmak is worth a quotation:
"I have acquired this female as a mate for my male jaguar Ying," the man continued in a weirdly conversational lilt. "You will meet him later. He is my pride. I raised him from a cub after hunting his mother. She died bravely". "And for whom was I acquired as a mate? quipped Solo".
And so, Illya and Napoleon made a solemn entry in Tamoanchan greeted by the great priest of Quetzalcoatl, the Plumed Serpent, as the revered "Flowery Captives", the ritual incarnations of the two hero twins Hohampu and Xbalanque, chosen to fight the Dark Lords of the Underworld.
To know the outcome, you have to read the story. Don't miss it, it's great!
The Plumed Serpent Affair