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So I'm seriously wondering what this means for Brandon's relationship with Tor. By self-publishing, he's basically taking away huge sales from Tor and distributing them to Dragonsteel (his company) + Kickstarter. I would be pretty disturbed if I were Tom Doherty, Harriet McDougal, and Jim Baen. A projected $10 million (my guess) seems like a lot but I'm curious how many US sales Tor makes with Sanderson books normally...

This was a good read! I was kind of expecting there to be a twist at the end but honestly, I was so focused on Davis's internal thoughts that the thought of Davis not being real didn't really occur to me. Wasn't totally surprised by that though. The twist with Chaz though was dark and unexpected. Good for dupe Davis to let it go and move on. The whole indiscriminate killing of dupes was kind of disconcerting. I wouldn't want real cops to get that comfortable with just carelessly murdering people. I mean, I'm sure we've all attempted to murder civilians in video games but as the realism is increased, I would hope the moral revulsion of ending life would be in full effect. Not that I expect it to happen but I'm mildly interested in re-reading the entire story as events originally occurred. That is, see what's going through Davis's head the first time around. Probably a lot more brooding, anger, and lack of character growth. Yeah, maybe not. Do you guys think the "thing" powering the snapshots is some subdued Epic? Also, what did you make of the 2018 time period and yet having holographic computers, autocabs, no physical currency, and fractured governments? I suppose it's just some other Reckoner's Core Possibility where tech is more advanced than us by a few decades.

I think that Adolin will continue to attempt to withhold this murder and that it will result in a steady progression of lies and deceit. This may eventually lead him to become some kind of anti-radiant perhaps becoming a voidbinder. As son of the new leader of the Knights Radiant, he could continue his involvement with the KR and maybe become a double agent for whatever organization is associated with voidbinding. Given the circumstances, he probably would have been best served not trying to cover up the murder and coming clean to Elhokar and Dalinar. Now that he's started the process of lies, it's going to be hard to fess up to his actions of trying to ditch the evidence and running from his crime. I don't see him coming clean. Considering Sadeas's enemies, Adolin is probably a prime suspect for this crime though the use of the knife and missing shardblade will probably infer a non-shardbearer assassin. Should be interesting to see how this plays out...

Hoid appears to have an innate ability to recognize individuals who are in a pivotal position to improve their world. He also seems to know when important events are afoot. Do we have any clear explanation of how he manages this?