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A sequel, entitled ''What We Become'', is forthcoming. The author's blog can be found [http://www.beyondwhereyoustand.com/ here].
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* [[Adult Fear]]: ''Everyone'' forgetting who you are except you.
* [[Anthropomorphic Personification]]: {{spoiler|The man in the suit is one of hopelessness}}.
* [[Apathetic Citizens]]: Already prevalent. {{spoiler|Made even worse by the building and its doors}}.
* [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking]]: Corporations rule everything, advertisements invade every minute of your life, people retreat into their cellphones, the government patrols public transportation...and the Mets have moved to Las Vegas.
* [[Bittersweet Ending]]: The building and Man In Suit have been taken down, his influence is less widespread, and {{spoiler|Tommy and Annie}} have been rescued, but {{spoiler|Mike and Isabel are dead, Remak's whereabouts are unknown, no one remembers Laura or Mal, and the corporations are constructing a new building where the old one was--though this one is visible at least}}.
* [[The Blank]]: The man in the suit is described as being hard to describe, with a lack of facial or clothing features but definite familiarity.
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* [[Chekhov's Gunman]]: {{spoiler|Isabel}}.
* [[The Corruption]]: Loss of hope. Isabel was unknowingly spreading this via her packages, and {{spoiler|Brath}} falls victim to this.
* [[Did You Just Punch Out Cthulhu?]]: Of all people, ''Mike'' does this. {{spoiler|But it's an illusion}}.
* [[Dystopia]]: The entire city is consistently described as grey and apathetic, and it's slowly been getting worse.
* [[The Eeyore]]: Mike.
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* [[Gone Horribly Right]]: {{spoiler|Man in Suit and his influence}}.
* [[Government Conspiracy]]: {{spoiler|A corporate conspiracy, but close enough; they literally manufactured hopelessness until it grew a mind of its own}}.
* [[Hannibal Lecture]]/[[Break Them
* [[Have You Told Anyone Else?]]: Brath asks this when the main characters all meet; some tried to, but Isabel didn't get the chance to tell anyone. {{spoiler|So he shoots her}}.
* [[Heroic Sacrifice]]: {{spoiler|Mike does one to save Tommy and Annie}}.
* [[Humanoid Abomination]]: Man in Suit.
* [[Implacable Man]]: The Man in the Suit.
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* [[Lotus Eater Machine]]: Mike has a vision where {{spoiler|he just beats up Man in Suit and saves the world. He gets famous, rich, has a supermodel wife...but is told his child is worthless and it gets it from his side of the family. This drives him even further into hopelessness}}.
* [[Mega Corp]]: The MCT.
* [[Mercy Kill]]: {{spoiler|Done to Brath}}.
* [[More Than Mind Control]]: {{spoiler|Happens to Brath}}.
* [[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero]]: Mal leaving the door open at Mike's school let hopelessness infect it.
* [[The Nondescript]]: Man in Suit, who's described as just that.
* [[Not Himself]]: {{spoiler|Brath}}, once they reach the forest.
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