INSIDE, ALT PART 3

IN-BOOK MENTIONED CONNECTIONS

INSIDE-SPECIFIC LORE

MANUSCRIPT SECRETS (DEEP LORE)

OFF-PAGE GOODIES (HEAVY SPOILERS)

• Eight Group Nationalites: The Eight Group is comprised of many different East and South Asian nationalities. A large number of them came from the hidden society where Mark and Josh lived in hiding from the Commission, but when the Commission decided to create the Eight Group, they pulled everyone of Asian descent from the holding cells, so the nationalities of the Eight Group vary significantly.
• Dana's Bullet to the Leg: While canonically the reason Mark shoots Dana in the leg rather than in the head is because they were in a public space and Mark did not want to cause too much of a scene, and Mark also understands that killing Dana outright will not dismantle the Commission of the People, the truth is the author just needed to keep Dana alive for the story to continue. She admits this 100%.
• Mark Meets Eina: Mark admits that he knew Eina was finished and did not say anything to anyone in the revolution. He does not give a reason for this because it is a complicated situation. There was going to be a story included in Inside the Commission that showed the interaction, but per the author: "Mark would not let me get into his head enough to properly write it." Mark used his security clearance to get into the Dome when Eina was alone with every intention to kill him with a shot to the head. However, when he was face-to-face with Eina he felt both terrified and awestruck at the power he felt from Eina. He came to an understanding that regardless of whether Lily's revolution succeeded or failed, Eina would destroy the Commission of the People. For that reason, Mark decided not to harm Eina, figuring that he was something of a final resort in the battle against the Commission of the People and Dana.
• Dana Staging Attacks: Starting in Chapter 72 with the tagging of the school, there are incidents reported on that are claimed to be the work of the Central Angels. All of these are Dana staging media stunts and stories to turn the American people against Lily's revolution. He took inspiration from the way Bryant Morris did the same for the Coalition in book 3 of the Coalition Trilogy.
• Chris Attacking the Capital: The devastating attack in Chapter 73 when Mykail's brother Chris attacks the government buildings was a staged attack. Dana did not inform many of those in government of the attack to make it as authentic as possible, making the casualties part of his game to play the media against the Central Angels.
• Character Death Spoiler: During Josh's death, he is pleading with Mark to shoot him because the pain is too much to bear. Mark cannot bring himself to do it because he is worried about making Josh "just another person he's killed."
• Becca's Coerced Betrayal: It is revealed in detail in Inside the Commission that Becca's betrayal of Lily and the Central Angels is heavily coerced by Dana and that during the phone call with Lily in Chapter 75, Dana is sitting next to Becca while she tries to explain herself to Lily.
• The "Coward" Ending: This is the alternate ending of the Inside novel, but it was the original way the novel was intended to end. But during drafting, the author felt that this felt too much like sending the message "only fight until you feel like you can't win, then give up even if other people will be hurt." That is why this version of the ending was originally set aside and the darker ending was pursued.
• The Farmhouse: The safehouse they come to in Chapter 84 is owned by the same woman who made contact with Amelia in Chapter 6 of With Banners Raised and it is the same house/barn where Amelia and Val hid after their failed demonstration.
• Veronica Harris: Veronica Harris is the Overseer in disguise, which is why they command even more respect than Dana during the scene in the graveyard. Generally speaking, the Overseer is male, but in this part of the timeline when dealing with the Second Shift, the pattern of his magic must shift to a feminine pattern when he gets close to the epicenter of the Second Shift in order to properly deal with the damage. For more information on the differences between masculine and feminine magic in the Amiverse, visit the magic lore pages.
• Clark's Fate: Following his capture at the graveyard, Clark becomes the progenitor of the Kage Demon Clan after undergoing the testing to become a Machine of Neutralization like Eina. When the Overseer asks him for the name he has chosen he says Jyara, which will eventually become Jyara Kage, the first of the Kage bloodline and the ancestor to Juki Kage.