Through the Invisible by saki101 (NC17)

[georgiamagnolia.livejournal.com]

I think it is a crime that this beautiful story hasn't had a drive by from the van, but I am squeefully happy that I get to recommend it! And just in time for the weekend, a nice thick juicy story that you can sink your teeth into and enjoy.

Fandom: THE MAN FROM UNCLE
Pairing: Illya/Napoleon
Length: 52K
Author on LJ: saki101
Author Website: none
Why this must be read: Saki creates a gorgeous alternate world where Napoleon and Illya meet one another under very different circumstances and yet are still drawn together in an uncanny understanding of one another. Illya is still brooding, brilliant and explosive. Napoleon is still observant, insightful and a strategist. In this other time and place they meet and the tension they create, that Saki writes, between them is stunning and compelling. The build up is slow and sensuous and the payoff is beautiful and heartwrenching. This is a story that I not only read again and again, it is a world I want to sink into and never return from, it is very often a little virtual vacation I indulge myself in. Give this story a try, I promise it will stay with you in all the very best ways, lingering like a trace of scent or echo of music, just out of range of your awareness, teasing you to return to it.


Part One

Part Two

Part Three

Part Four

part Five

Part Six

And please remember, if you enjoy this story, a comment to the author is all the payment they get! Show
them some love!


Added Note!
While this story is whole and complete in itself, Saki does note that she plans to add to this story, which can only be wonderful, more of this Alternate Universe is a very very good thing, I think.

Comments

[moorspede.livejournal.com]

Is it a wip? I'm confused.

[georgiamagnolia.livejournal.com]

While the author has said she will be adding to this story, it is complete in and of itself. I do hope she writes more in this universe because it is lovely. I have edited the entry to note same.

It does end and is satisfyingly complete. More stories can only be a good thing, in my opinion. This author has the goods!

[moorspede.livejournal.com]

I'm looking forward to reading it :o)

[georgiamagnolia.livejournal.com]

I do hope you will enjoy it!

[saki101.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much for reccing my story; I am honoured. Your intro is brilliant and your kind and supportive words are humbling. Many thanks!!

[georgiamagnolia.livejournal.com]

*blush*
Thank you.

And you are so very welcome!

I adore this story so very much, and I find myself returning to it when I need a little break from my real world and I was so pleased that I could share it. Thank you, my dear, for creating a little haven of beautiful into which I might travel and invite others to join me. *glowing grin of pure joy*

[snailbones.livejournal.com]

Thanks for reccing this - it's one of my favourite fics; I remember trying to make myself read slower and slower to make it last... *g*

[georgiamagnolia.livejournal.com]

I know exactly what you mean. *sigh*

[saki101.livejournal.com]

Thank you for these lovely words. (I am feeling very encouraged!)

[snailbones.livejournal.com]

It's such a gorgeous, haunting piece of writing; it's stayed with me over the months since I first read it, and I suspect it's something I'll re-read for years to come - so thank YOU for sharing it with the rest of us. ::beams::

P.S.

[saki101.livejournal.com]

I love your icon and both moody expressions.

[bradamante13.livejournal.com]

Great rec - that was lovely!

[georgiamagnolia.livejournal.com]

I am so pleased that you enjoyed it! I love sharing this story and hope that others will find it as hauntingly lovely as I do. One likes to share the addictions, I suppose. *grin*

[charismaz.livejournal.com]

I wholemeally agree with this rec. Truly one of the greatest Alternate Universes in Man From UNCLE, if not of all fanfiction. I love this fic to bits; a real winter warmer!

[georgiamagnolia.livejournal.com]

Oh, so much yes. *grin*

The House

[myredk9s.livejournal.com]

I posted saki101 privately about the house because I just love it and want to live there. Okay, I want to be able to afford to live there :)

Anyway, she said it was based on a real house, The Arabian House, and was lived in by an artist named Frederic Leighton. It has been turned into a museum and there is an interactive guided tour available here:

http://www.rbkc.gov.uk/leightonarabhall/tour/arab.html

Here is a blog entry with pictures from someone who toured the house:

http://aracelisrandomness.blogspot.com/

Oh, and she also sent me this link to a youtube video of the Scheherazade ballet
that the dance sequence was based on. That's here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1aFrAV3d1o

I always find the real-life inspirations for stories interesting and thought I would pass this along. I hope you enjoy them as much as I did.

Anne

Re: The House

[georgiamagnolia.livejournal.com]

oh.

Oh Wow.

Thank you so much for the wonderful links.

*dreamy*

I want to live there as well, preferably with IK and NS, since this is a dream after all!