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So last night I was reading a book the familiars by Adam Jay Epstein and Andrew Jacobson. Now I get to this part the main characters encounter a cave troll, when I start to notice some very strong similarities between this part and the part from Words of radiance were Calidan and Shallon hide in from the Chasm Fiend. So first we have a minor detail Calidan in Words of Radiance says that the Chasm fiend moves with speed that shouldn't work for a creature that big. Then to quot the book the familiars "It scooped up a chunk of rock and hurled it with amazing speed and force at the four legged trespassers." so very minor detail but it gets better. in Words of Radiance Calidan and Shallon hide from the Chasm fiend in a small crevasse in the wall, well in The Familiars the characters hide in a crevasse in the cave wall. Also please note that The Familiars came four years before Words of Radiance. to quote from The Familiars "'Over here' called Skylar, who was hiding in a hole in the back wall of the cave. Her fellow familiars darted inside joining her in the tight space." So as you can see this is a bigger hint of a ripoff, but you just wait. In Words of Radiance the Chasm fiend claws at the wall to try to get to Shallon and Calidan, and yet agian here come The Familiars with a likeness to it that it makes Brandon Sanderson look very suspiciously close to a ripoff. To quote The Familiars again "The troll reached for them, but its hand was too wide to fit through the hole." hmm well now makes think doesn't it. In The Familiars to beat the troll Skylar needs her satchel to cast a ILLOSION SPELL well in Words of radiance Shallon needs her satchel to use her surge binding to create an illusion. Now if that's not a ripoff I don't now what is.