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As a hello for my start a second rec:

Title: No Certain Victory
Fandom: The Mummy Returns
Pairing: Rick/Ardeth, Rick/Eve
Categories: Adventure
Length: super epic (app.700-800.000 words)
Warnings: torture, violence

Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] khamira
Author Website: Sheherazade's Scribblings

Summary: When Germany sends troops to invade Egypt, the Medjai find themselves with a new enemy, and a few surprising allies in the battle.

Review:
The Mummy Fandom is a fandom that is really small and so it was an even bigger and better surprise when I stumbled upon this gem of a story. Sheherazade and Kamira who are the original authors of 'No Certain Victory' manage to create a story with so many different layers that there is not a single second reading NCV that isn't filled with being entranced by the mythology, the interactions between the characters, the politics of this particular world and the action and adventure of the battles.

After reading NCV I immediatly bought the recommended book about Egypt because I wanted to know more about the culture, the history and the mythology that is such a big part of this universe. No Certain Victory consists of five books and once you've finished reading the over 1300 pages you want even more.

And this is the only fault of NCV, the authors promise at the end of book five that there will be a continuation in another story called 'An Uncertain Rest' but unfortunately Sheherazade died and so the sequel was put on hold. Kamira said in an e-mail I exchanged with her that she is continuing writing. So far no luck though. Her posting the story on AO3 now, I hope means that the sequel will be posted too. Let's wait and find out.


No Certain Victory / Mirror on AO3 (in the progress of being posted)

Comments

[identity profile] bookworm-2005.livejournal.com wrote:
Feb. 25th, 2012 11:35 pm (UTC)
Love this fic. Never mind that weird 3rd movie, this is my personal head-canon.
[identity profile] simarillion.livejournal.com wrote:
Feb. 26th, 2012 12:40 pm (UTC)
What third movie are you talking about? I thought this story was official canon...

;)
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[personal profile] popkin16 wrote:
Feb. 26th, 2012 01:40 am (UTC)
I've never read any fics for The Mummy; I never really felt the urge to. I like Evie/Rick, and thought the movies (the first two) handled them so well, there was no need to read fic - I was already satisfied.

But god, I am so tempted now. The only thing I'm worried about is the pairings - Rick/Evie is canon, but you listed Rick/Ardeth, and cheating is kind of a no-no for me...

I'll probably end up reading anyway.
[identity profile] simarillion.livejournal.com wrote:
Feb. 26th, 2012 12:41 pm (UTC)
Let me reassure you that there's no cheating going on. If I were to into detail how the Rick/Ardeth pairing came about and what will happen to it I would take away from the plot. So, just give it a chance. You won't regret it.
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[personal profile] popkin16 wrote:
Feb. 27th, 2012 02:16 am (UTC)
You've convinced me :) I will be giving this fic a try. I think it'll confuse my shipper tendencies (Evie/Rick tho! But Rick/Ardeth would be hot!) but I really want to read this :D Thanks for the rec!
[identity profile] zaliarose.livejournal.com wrote:
Feb. 29th, 2012 05:36 am (UTC)
Thank you so much for sharing this fic rec! One of the users mentioned they had read this on another site years ago, but didn't share the name of the site.

I've been reading the series over at AO3, and immediately fell in love. It was as if I was reading a favorite book of mine all over again, because each chapter held my total attention. The first two Mummy movies have a place on my favorite movies list because they wove such an interesting tale using Egyptian history and myths. And to read this series just brought all the happy feelings back to me.


I hope life is going alright for Khamira, because losing someone close is never an easy thing to bear.
[identity profile] simarillion.livejournal.com wrote:
Feb. 29th, 2012 08:01 am (UTC)
I'm glad I could help with reading/re-reading the story. I loved this fic when I read it years ago and I never tire to recommend it to people.

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