Rex Quondam, Rexque Futurus by The Prophet (PG)

[sailorsueuk.livejournal.com]

Rec Category: Daniel Jackson
Pairing: Daniel / Other
Category: Team, Drama
Warning: None
Author on LJ: islaw 
Author's Website: http://www.prophet.phlegethon.org/
Link:  http://www.prophet.phlegethon.org/Fiction/Rex/

Why This Must Be Read:

This is a huge, sprawling epic told across 2 timelines.  Daniel arrives on a planet to find himself hailed as the long-lost King.  And then things get weirder.  While the story occasionally feels as though it has lost its way a little, the research done by the author lends events a rich background - and the gradual realisation of where the plot is going provide a rewarding payback.  An old story (it is set in season 3), it is complete despite the second part spuriously announcing itself as a WIP.

Snippet of fic:

"I...I do not know what to do," Elowen confessed, in a small voice.

"Well, there we can help you," Jack assured her. "Now...Where's Daniel?"

"Gone," Sam replied, awkwardly.

"Gone where?"

Sam gave a helpless shrug. "I don't know. Just...gone."

"Gone? Like: ‘poof'?"

"Yes," Sam replied. "Although more of a ‘phoot'."

Forever Autumn by ALC Punk (R)

[gunhilda.livejournal.com]

Rec Category: Samantha Carter
Pairing: Sam/Jack
Category: Action/Adventure
Warning: Character Death, Adult Content
Author on LJ: lyssie 
Author's Website: http://lyssie.the-family-archives.com/ana/
Link: Forever Autumn 

Why This Must Be Read: This is a portrait of Sam who is literally torn apart by hopping realities, trying desperately to get back home. Pushed to the limits of her physical endurance and sanity, this Sam is very different from the woman portrayed on the show, a glimpse into an AU that I found quite fascinating. 

Lovely by Martha (PG by reccer)

[sailorsueuk.livejournal.com]

Rec Category: Daniel
Pairing: None
Category: Crossover (with the Sentinel), Drama, Team
Warning: None
Author on LJ: saffronhouse 
Author's Website: http://www.skeeter63.org/~soulcake/
Link:  http://soulcake.skeeter63.org/lovely.html

Why This Must Be Read:

Yes, yes, I know most of you know this one :-)  But it's very seasonal.  And it's also very good.  Following The Light, Daniel attracts the attention of some genuinely menacing Bad Guys when he mysteriously gains the ability to teleport.  Therein follows some great Danny Whumping, cool use of canon, and even some traditional rest-of-team-in-pursuit-of-missing-archaeologist shenanigans.  Don't let the fact that this is a crossover put you off.  I've never seen the Sentinel, yet even as new characters, Jim and Blair play a satisfying and vital part in this superior fic. 

Snippet of Fic:

"The dreams?" Jim asked eventually.

"They were lovely," Jackson said again, his voice getting a little far away. "So peaceful. Every night, almost, I would dream that I was looking down at the streets of this amazing city. Like nothing I'd ever seen before, and I've seen -- it felt -- it's stupid, but at first the dreams felt like forgiveness, almost. Absolution." Another bitter laugh. "I should have known better."

Mine Eyes Have Seen by Eve11 (PG-13)

[sailorsueuk.livejournal.com]

Rec Category: Daniel Jackson
Pairing: None
Category: Dark, Meridian fix, AU
Warning: Violence
Author on LJ: eve11 
Author's Website:  http://eve11.livejournal.com/tag/library
Link:  http://community.livejournal.com/dark_gate/4744.html

Why This Must Be Read:

Written for a Dark Gate ficathon, this short story packs quite a punch.  Here, Daniel and Jack ended up on opposing sides when Kelowna disintegrated into war, and the reunion which plays out in this story is laden with the pain all their different experiences have brought.  It's a fic which will make you think, and ache for all that is yet to come; the author left a lot of the fixing out of this Meridian fix.

Author's Summary: They were three days out of Restia when news filtered down the line that Zeph's company had caught themselves a Black Rat.