The A'garja Series by Celeste (PG-13)

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Rec Category: Jack O'Neill
Pairings: Jack/Other, Jack/Sam, Daniel/Janet, Cassie/Other
Category: Jack, gen, team, drama, action/adventure, angst, AU
Warnings: Shamelessly Hero Jack
Spoilers: Spoilers from a number of epsidoes from S1 to S7
Author on LJ: n/a (that I know of)
Author's Website: Celeste @ ff.net
Link: The A'garja Series

Why this must be read:

This truly is a magnum opus. The author starts her story somewhere around S4 Tangent and goes from there. What follows is story that spans years and universes.

Jack has been sacrificed by the Joint Chiefs to Apophis in return for Earth's safety. Hammond and the rest of SG1, while outraged, can do nothing. Against all odds, Jack survives and does what he does best - leads people to victory, and this time, without the beauracracy that hampered him at the SGC/on Earth. And as a result, he truly shines.

Again, this story very much portrays Jack as a (reluctant) hero and a brilliant, intelligent, tactical officer.

What truly awed me about this story is the way that, although the story is wildly AU, the author weaves in the storylines from later seasons. She doesn't necessarily do it the same way as the show did, but various storyline, plots, themes, characters etc, turn up, and due to the lack of Jack, we sometimes see a radically different outcome. I also loved Jack's 'revenge' - it truly was poetic justice, and Jack just rocked.

This fic is a grand sweeping tale of bretrayal, adventure, sacrifice and love.

As the author says in her warnings, this really is Shamelessly Hero Jack. And really, that alone makes it worth reading.