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Freeport by Maldoror (NC-17)

  • May. 6th, 2009 at 8:39 AM
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Title: Freeport by Maldoror
Fandom: Gundam Wing
Pairing: Duo/Wufei [In Gundam Wing fandom, each Gundam is a number. Heero is 1, Duo 2, etc. This fic is 2x5, 2 = Duo Maxwell and 5 = Chang Wufei. (Trust me, it's not as confusing as you think.)]
Categories: Action/Adventure, Case File, Drama, Future, kinda post-canon
Length: Epic - Novel Length+
Warnings: Some disturbing imagery early on as they are hunting a killer who likes to take his victims out with a machete. And Wufei thinks he's going to the giant den of sin. Wufei is often mistaken. Sex, of course.

Author on LJ: [profile] maldoror_gw 
Website: http://www.raygunworks.net/maldoror.html

Review:
Taking place 5+ years after the series, Freeport is an incredible story of perceptions. Chang Wufei is sure he is walking into a den of smugglers, thieves, pirates and killers when he convinces his old war ally, Duo Maxwell, to be his guide in Freeport as he searches for an assassin. All he know of the space colony is rumors and stories but the truth is something else entirely. But when finding his target becomes secondary to just surviving on this colony like no other with a man he only thought he knew - when the laws and politics aren't clear for a Preventer - when Duo Maxwell becomes his only safe constant, watch out universe! Chang Wufei is about to discover what he is really made of.

Freeport is a wonderful scifi action/adventure masquerading as a fanfic. Long, in-depth, and involving, the romance between the characters is almost secondary to the love story of the characters to Freeport. I never quite knew where the author was going to take me, making each chapter a revelation. While this fic reads fast, it is not little so block out a couple days. An added treat, the author is current re-writing it - to repair what 'she' sees as flaws in her writing. So you get 2 views of the same story - both incredible. Even if you don't know the fandom, it is easy to pick up the history you need to make this a very satisfying read.

Freeport (first of about a bazillion parts, hotlinked)

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