I don’t know what to call it other than that. I’m wondering if there’s a good book out there that spends a good amount of time introducing a bunch of different characters before the story that involves all of them begins. Something like the movies seven samurai, magnificent seven, oceans 11, or rogue one. The only book I can think of which comes to mind is the princess Bride when we are introduced to the captors on the boat.
by Otto_von_Bismuth