ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Getting a story to readers involves more than just my writing it. There’s a large group working behind the scenes to make sure the entire book is beautiful and polished.
Thanks go to Peter Orullian and Steve Diamond, who took great care to make Snapshot awesome in every way. As always, Moshe Feder, Joshua Bilmes, and the indisputable Peter Ahlstrom gave excellent editorial notes, and the story is better because of it. Deanna Hoak did a great job with the copyedit, and the talented Howard Lyon is responsible for the beautiful cover illustration.
Huge appreciation goes out to the community of early readers, whose feedback was invaluable. Trae Cooper, Mark Lindberg, Nikki Ramsay, Ted Herman, Gary Singer, Ross Newberry, Alice Arneson, Louis Hill, Bob Kluttz, Lyndsey Luther, Megan Kanne, Brian T. Hill, Richard Fife, Ben Black, Aubree Pham, Bao Pham, Josh Walker, Jory Phillips, and Eric Lake. I’d particularly like to thank Lora Jean Buss and Glen Buss for their law enforcement feedback, and Kristina Kugler for her proofreading help.
Once again my team at Dragonsteel read the story, provided early feedback, and continue to support me and my books in every way possible. Peter Ahlstrom, Karen Ahlstrom, Kara Stewart, ♪saac Stewart, Adam Horne, and Emily Sanderson.
Brandon Sanderson
ALSO BY BRANDON SANDERSON
Short Stories
I Hate Dragons
Dreamer
Novelettes
Firstborn
Defending Elysium
Novellas
Perfect State
Snapshot
The Rithmatist
The Rithmatist
The Reckoners
Steelheart
Mitosis: A Reckoners Story
Firefight
Calamity
Legion
Legion
Legion: Skin Deep
The Evil Librarians
Alcatraz vs. the Evil Librarians
The Scrivener’s Bones
The Knights of Crystallia
The Shattered Lens
The Dark Talent
Infinity Blade
Infinity Blade: Awakening
Infinity Blade: Redemption
The Wheel of Time, with Robert Jordan
The Gathering Storm
Towers of Midnight
A Memory of Light
WORLDS OF THE COSMERE
* items with an asterisk are contained in Arcanum Unbounded: The Cosmere Collection.
SEL
Elantris
The Emperor’s Soul *
SCADRIAL
Mistborn
The Eleventh Metal *
The Original Trilogy
Mistborn: The Final Empire
The Well of Ascension
The Hero of Ages
Mistborn: Secret History *
The Wax and Wayne Series
The Alloy of Law
Shadows of Self
The Bands of Mourning
Allomancer Jak and the Pits of Eltania *
NALTHIS
Warbreaker
TALDAIN
White Sand
THRENODY
Shadows for Silence in the Forests of Hell *
FIRST OF THE SUN
Sixth of the Dusk *
ROSHAR
The Stormlight Archive
The Way of Kings
Words of Radiance
Edgedancer *
Oathbringer
This is a work of fiction. All of the characters, organizations, and events portrayed in these stories are either products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously.
SNAPSHOT
Copyright © 2017 by Dragonsteel Entertainment, LLC
All rights reserved.
Cover art copyright © 2017 by Howard Lyon
Cover design and art direction by Isaac Stewart
Electronic book design by Peter Ahlstrom
Also available in a limited, numbered leatherbound edition from Vault Books
A Dragonsteel Entertainment Book
Published by Dragonsteel Entertainment, LLC
American Fork, UT
BrandonSanderson.com
ISBN 978-1-938570-15-5
First electronic edition: February 2017
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