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crack_van2009-08-19 11:02 pm
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The devil to pay by jojosimco (PG13)
Fandom: The Magnificent Seven
Pairing: Gen
Length: Novella
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jojosimco
Why this must be read: This fic is a follow on from the equally well-written Strange bedfellows and Three strikes and you're out. The story begins with a court case against the rogue Palmer family and ends with an epic gun battle in the streets of Four Corners and reads like a Western of old.
I love both the character descriptions and the way the author provides the build-up of tension throughout the story. Her minor characters and bad guys are well drawn and our heroes just about jump off the page. Ezra is suffering from his injuries and pride, Chris is angry and everything and everyone, Buck is supportive and JD, Nathan, Josiah and Vin are all so in character; the story is a delight to read.
Excerpt Nathan’s up most of the night digging shrapnel out of his friends and mopping up blood.
He’s resigned to it, knows these limbs and this blood only too well. Watching them coming in wounded, one by one as if they had a pack of devils on their tail, makes him spit. Chris had all but promised he didn’t intend to spark any trouble.
Doesn’t take Nathan and Josiah long to figure out there’s been an ambush.
JD has a hole in his hand, Buck’s missing a chunk from one shoulder and Chris is carrying lead in his forearm. All of them are over-fired with nervous energy, none of them intending to rest. They just want to be cleaned and stitched and bound up tight as they can handle. Nathan’s stashed them all in the jail, away from prying eyes. Not that they have to worry. Whoever was pursuing them peeled away several miles back but Chris is keeping the whole town in lock-down.
Josiah and Vin are still out on watch, even though Vin can hardly stand, and there’s no-one else to help out except Ezra.
The devil to pay
Pairing: Gen
Length: Novella
Author on LJ:
jojosimcoWhy this must be read: This fic is a follow on from the equally well-written Strange bedfellows and Three strikes and you're out. The story begins with a court case against the rogue Palmer family and ends with an epic gun battle in the streets of Four Corners and reads like a Western of old.
I love both the character descriptions and the way the author provides the build-up of tension throughout the story. Her minor characters and bad guys are well drawn and our heroes just about jump off the page. Ezra is suffering from his injuries and pride, Chris is angry and everything and everyone, Buck is supportive and JD, Nathan, Josiah and Vin are all so in character; the story is a delight to read.
Excerpt Nathan’s up most of the night digging shrapnel out of his friends and mopping up blood.
He’s resigned to it, knows these limbs and this blood only too well. Watching them coming in wounded, one by one as if they had a pack of devils on their tail, makes him spit. Chris had all but promised he didn’t intend to spark any trouble.
Doesn’t take Nathan and Josiah long to figure out there’s been an ambush.
JD has a hole in his hand, Buck’s missing a chunk from one shoulder and Chris is carrying lead in his forearm. All of them are over-fired with nervous energy, none of them intending to rest. They just want to be cleaned and stitched and bound up tight as they can handle. Nathan’s stashed them all in the jail, away from prying eyes. Not that they have to worry. Whoever was pursuing them peeled away several miles back but Chris is keeping the whole town in lock-down.
Josiah and Vin are still out on watch, even though Vin can hardly stand, and there’s no-one else to help out except Ezra.
The devil to pay
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