The Family Series
| Sentinel Fanfiction | |
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| Title: | The Family Series |
| Author(s): | D.L. Witherspoon |
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| Fandom: | The Sentinel |
| External Links: | Series list found here |
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The Family Series is a set of Sentinel stories by D.L. Witherspoon.
Series
- Shades of Black
- Alone
- Errand of Mercy
- Family Reunion
- Adam's Date
- Moral Dilemma
- Family Visit
- Family Discord
- Where We Belong
- Pains of Power
- Flux
Also see Family Conflict by Dolimir
Reactions and Reviews
[Shades of Black]:I shied away from the Family series because it sounded terribly AU, with phrases like "Elder" and "heir to the throne", a touch fantastic also. Which I wasn't in the mood for. Well, I still think it's AU, but there definitely ain't no fantasy here. Again, I got drawn in, and tantalised, and intrigued, from the first page.
[Alone]: Second in the Family series. Good. Not quite as good as some of the others, but they can't all be excellent.
[Errand of Mercy]: Third in the Family series. I see what the author meant by Odd & Strange. This is beyond even the Sandburg Zone, and is well into the Fantasy Zone, and if it wasn't AU before, it certainly is now! This was well-written, though, and I'm not going to be chased off.
[Family Reunion]: Fourth in the Family series. Getting to meet and know more of the Family... basically a nice story (well, as nice as the Family can get...)
[Adam's Date]: Fifth in the Family series. As one can tell by the title, if one isn't into the supporting characters in the Family series, indeed, if one hasn't read and already liked the Family series, then there's no point in reading this story! But if one has and does, then it's enjoyable.
[Moral Dilemma]: Sixth in the Family series. Important turning-point episode, this, and believable. Writing-wise, there were jarring point-of-view changes within scenes that I kept noticing more than usual. Oh well. The important thing is that Blair was confronted with something that made him reevaluate his position, and his relationship with Jim; which was good.
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[Pains of Power]: Tenth in the Family series. Hmmm, in-ter-es-ting. I feel as if I am wandering in a Fantasy world: legends, and royalty, and fealty. Particularly the latter. It gives one a warm feeling to see the dominos fall just like that - though on the other hand one wonders if it's simply too easy. It will be interesting to see what happens next - whenever that may be.
[Where We Belong]: Ninth in the Family series. Just a little story - the author calls it a "missing scene" but it's longer than that. Again, only for Family fans, because it's really just Mandy and Adam in it, and mainly a Mandy story. We get to see how perceptive she is, and see her make choices. [1]
The stories of Jim Ellison's "other" family, a watchdog organization of which he is the Elder, second-in-command and "heir to the throne". This series is among my very favourite Sentinel fics, and I have read it many times over. Jim is the heir to a world-wide organisation which is very mafia-like in nature, complete with ring-kissing. It's completely unbelievable of course, but despite that it's great fun, and the character of Adam - who I'm assuming is an OC - is fantastic. The series is complete, but I wish it wasn't - I'd love more fics to read.[2]