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Thomas the Assassin

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g33k:

--- Quote from: KurtinStGeorge on April 14, 2020, 06:28:04 AM ---The OP is not bad, but the problem is Harry is an investigator (at heart) who couldn't be allowed to solve what he would investigate.  The novel isn't from Thomas' perspective, or Ivy's or Lara's.  Theoretically, all three might know about such a mission, but none of them could speak directly to the reading audience about what's going on and they could never tell Harry the truth either. 

Those restrictions would make it very difficult for Jim; or any author really, to tell a satisfying story.  There would have to be some kind of cover story to get Thomas off or put the blame on some bad guy who deserves to go down for some unrelated reason, while at the same time Jim would have to drop clues to us what was really going on.  Of course, this would be confusing to more casual fans who haven't read the short stories or at least haven't read the specific short story that would give them the context they need to understand what was going on.
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Think about the stuff we now presume to be true about Mab and the whole situation at SplatterCon!!!   At the time that book was released, I don't think we had all those pieces put together.  I think Jim can write a novel where Harry never comes up with the "right" answer (or not until many books later).  Look at Harry's wrong-conclusion at the end of Backup...

Mira:

--- Quote ---The OP is not bad, but the problem is Harry is an investigator (at heart) who couldn't be allowed to solve what he would investigate.  The novel isn't from Thomas' perspective, or Ivy's or Lara's.  Theoretically, all three might know about such a mission, but none of them could speak directly to the reading audience about what's going on and they could never tell Harry the truth either.

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  You can bet though that one of the major plot lines is Harry attempting to clear his brother.  A twist could be that Thomas is indeed guilty, then investigation will morph into mitigation to save him and in the process Harry will open a huge can of nasty worms that will lead to the second book, "Battleground."

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