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{{for|Snapshot (event)| the construct itself that is the setting of the novella|pre= This article is about the novella|Snapshot (event)}}
'''''Snapshot''''' is a non-[[cosmere]] science fiction novella by Brandon Sanderson.{{ref|name=noncosmere
== Synopsis ==
{{quote|If you could re-create a day, what dark secrets would you uncover?▼
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From New York Times number-one best-selling author Brandon Sanderson comes a detective thriller in a police beat like no other.
Within the re-created Snapshot of May 1, Davis and Chaz are the ultimate authorities. Flashing their badges will get them past any obstruction and overrule any civil right of the dupes around them. 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. That's one order they have to refuse.
The hunt is on. And though the dupes in the replica city have no future once the Snapshot is turned off, that doesn't mean that both Davis and Chaz will walk out of it alive tonight.
|Amazon.com summary{{ref|name=amazon}}
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== Summary ==
{{for|/Summary|a chapter by chapter summary}}
[[Anthony Davis]] and his partner [[Chaz]] enter a [[Snapshot (event)|Snapshot]] to investigate two crimes. The first is a murder that had occurred in the morning. They first eat breakfast in a diner, where Davis sees an attractive lady, from whom he eventually gets her phone number on a slip of paper. They then go to the location of the murder and follow [[Enrique Estevez]] as he flees the scene. They see him dump his gun in a sewer, so Davis contacts the Snapshot liaison, [[Maria]], where in the real world (IRL) the police retrieve the gun, providing vital evidence for the murder case.
The second crime is not until that evening. They are to simply witness who hit first in a domestic disturbance case. Chaz doesn't even want to bother, but Davis convinces him to check out a mysterious police call that was never reported. They investigate an apartment building and find eight dead bodies in a swimming pool. They decide to investigate further, so they go to the police station to talk to Maria. After flashing their reality badge, she shows them the case file of a serial killer nicknamed the Photographer. He kills several people at a time then hides the evidence in a way that makes it difficult to investigate in Snapshots.
The Photographer returns, and they follow him back to his residence, which happens to be very near the location of the second investigation that they were supposed to do. Davis confronts the Photographer and pretends to understand why he needs to kill all those people. He considers them [[Deviation]]s that must be cleansed from the Snapshot so that it can keep going. He reveals a plan to kill a bunch of children with peanut allergies in a few days. Chaz comes up from behind and shoots the Photographer, and Davis then puts his own plan into action to kill Chaz using a gun from a nearby gang shootout. Chaz has been sleeping with his ex-wife in the Snapshot while he plays with his son. At the last minute, Davis decides that he needs to start a new life without his ex-wife, and does not shoot Chaz.
Later, Chaz and Davis leave the Photographer's house after sharing a
==Development==
;Con-Exclusive Hardcover Edition (possibly with ''[[Dreamer]]''):2017 - Dragonsteel Entertainment{{ref|name=branannounce}}
== Cover
{{for|/Covers|a cover gallery of Snapshot}}
==Trivia==
''Snapshot'' was originally set in a [[Reckoners Multiverse|Core Possibility]] in the universe of [[The Reckoners]],{{reddit ref|Stormlight_Archive|5j8bkb|dbeh6y6|text=It's one of the Other Core Possibilities.|date=2016-12-19}} but [[Brandon]] changed his mind and removed it from the universe because the film rights of the series and the novella are owned by different companies.{{wob ref|2959}}
==Notes==
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