But the crimes the detectives are sent to investigate seem like drudgery - until they stumble upon the grisly results of a mass killing that the precinct headquarters orders them not to investigate. Flashing their badges will get them past any obstruction and overrule any civil right of the dupes around them. Within the re-created Snapshot of May 1st, Davis and Chaz are the ultimate authorities.

Anthony Davis and his partner Chaz are the only real people in a city of 20 million, sent there by court order to find out what happened in the real world 10 days ago so that hidden evidence can be brought to light and located in the real city today. įrom New York Times #1 bestselling author Brandon Sanderson comes a detective thriller in a police beat like no other. Flashing their badges will get them past any obstruction and overrule.

Everything is perfect about the snapshot of this new era and new ways of investigating something that had happened in the past.From New York Times #1 bestselling author Brandon Sanderson comes a detective thriller in a police beat like no other.

William DeMeritt is a new voice for Brandon’s work but it is a mature and seasoned voice that portrays this fine tale. Just like in Words of Radiance and Oathbringer the book has sensation and enthusiasm but the idea of the recreated world is different and no doubt it is attractive too. The two in their desperation start to enter the domain behind their boundary line and find a new picture of the real world they live in. Though they were given full charge of the snapshot, they were still ordered by the authorities not to investigate a case related to a massive killing that was part of the recreated snapshot. The more they try the more complex the whole thing becomes, finally the two detectives think of trying something out of their premises. In the city with twenty million recreated people only the two detectives seem to have the upper hand but still the puzzle is too tough to handle. They get straight orders from the court to enter into the recreated world where they are the supreme authority to look for clues.

Brandon Sanderson adopts those new methodologies in his latest novel about a day that the two detectives try to recreate so that they can get hold of things that have caused havoc in the whole city.Īnthony Davis and Chaz the two detectives of the current era come to investigate a case that started ten days ago. Detective novels are really changing their approach according to the new technologies that are being used today.

Snapshot by Brandon Sanderson