Depending on how grim things get, I could imagine The Archive "ending" before it can be passed on. Though, that's if Jim goes the China Mieville writing Perdido Street Station route of torturing every character you care about.

Maybe it means Australia? :O
Maen all Free week, lots of reading, BBQ and general relaxation!

That's what I said, 'Straya.

Jim seems to have cribbed his idea of free will from the Alex Verus.  Or maybe I put the cart before the horse, and it's the other way around.  Benedict Jacka's character sees events as a set of diminishing probabilities as he approaches a nexus.  So his choices become limited by decisions he makes as he goes on.  But if he survives that nexus the choices again become numerous

IIRC, Dresden actually describes how the Ordo Lebes member with short term precognition’s ability works in a very similar, cloud of probabilities kind of way.

Wow, that sounds like a headache. Where are you from?

‘Straya, but I’m built for colder climates. I pretty much stay indoors all Summer.

I always figured that not all full council wizards are made the same. Perhaps wizard McFee’s talents aren’t in the overt power-slinging field.

I think Harry also points out how difficult it is on the phone when people on both ends are wizards?

After recently re-reading Turn Coat, I wonder if perhaps she’s just a dreaded Bureaucromancer?

I so speculate, because Butcher routinely says the White Court can pass as human under mist circumstances. What if the Jade Court is one more subversive level beyond that? It does make for a great survival trait. And if they were into cultural manipulation, rather than individual, they could feed off the zieghtgeist of whatever they proffered. Ancient Mai might have the White Council in thrall, albeit unknowingly, manipulating the whole society rather than particular members. If so, she certainly would regard any Black Council as a direct competitor. What if Peabody had been working for her crew, for instance? Multiple black interests add intrigue and I wouldn't put it past Butcher.

That would certainly make sense - the Black Court are pretty noticeable, looking like reanimated corpses and such. The Red court are somewhat noticeable, given the right circumstances where their meatsuit gets a bit skew-whiff. The White Court could pass for human quite easily. We haven't heard anything really about the Jade Court, so they're either quite niche, or just *really* good at hiding.