The Eighth Day by Brook Henson (R)

[betzz.livejournal.com]

Fandom: THE SENTINEL
Pairing: Jim/Blair, past Jim/Carolyn
Length: novel-length
Author on LJ: n/a
Author Website: Brook Henson's Site and Brook Henson's Yahoo Group (you'll have to join)

Why this must be read: Because it's the best AU fic ever!

Seriously, when I say it's the best, I really mean the BEST.

AUs are tricky business and usually I don't like them very much. It is so hard to transfer the concept of a show, its  characters and the special essence - its spirit - into something different and still keep it the same.... if you know what I mean. This story does it amazingly well.

Jim is still a Sentinel, but something went terribly wrong with his senses when he was young and that event left him deaf and blind. Blair does some research about enhanced senses at the school where Jim is a teacher. They meet. It's love on first ... touch.

This story is well-researched, well written and oozes love for the show. The main focus are still Jim's senses and Blair as his guide. The way the author describes Jim's view of the world is fantastic. And the characters are still themselves: Jim's fierce protectiveness, Blair's urge to understand and explore.... you'll find it all.

I love this story so much that it hurts (in a really good way).

The Eighth Day   (for the later parts you'll have to join the yahoo group)

Comments

[jane-elliot.livejournal.com]

Erm, does this mean that the story is *only* available as a completed work by joining the Yahoo group? Thanks!

[janedavitt.livejournal.com]

It's not complete even on the group; it's still a WiP. The group has, I think, just one small part that isn't on the official version. The fic is so long and it's almost like a diary rather than a story so it can stop for a while, as it has done, and yet not feel incomplete.

[jane-elliot.livejournal.com]

Ah, thank you!

[betzz.livejournal.com]

It's exactly how Jane put it and that's also the reason why I ignored the "No WIPs"-rule of the Crack Van... This is NOT a Wip in the traditional sense, where you're waiting on your toes for the next update and there's always a danger of the story being abandoned....

The story is perfect the way it is, even at the unlocked geocities site. You can read it and still be absolutely satisfied. Because to this story... there will never be an "end". Read it, you'll understand.

[jane-elliot.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

[janedavitt.livejournal.com]

I adore this fic so much; can't wait for Brook to add to it; I pretty much know it by heart by now.

[betzz.livejournal.com]

Yes, I totally know what you mean... Simply reccing this story was worth all of this month's trouble.

[magician113.livejournal.com]

Hah, you are just a gem of a reccer! Brook's Yahoo group has got 14 new members since you recced this here. Coincidence? I think not. Neither does Brook. She says your recommendation and the requests she's had since it spurred her on to writing a new section. She was absolutely delighted with your rec.

Good one, sweetie.