CHAPTER

TW0

Just Another Day

Friday, 5:00 p.m.

For the uninitiated, Bob Falken’s bedroom looked like part-NASA control room and part high-tech junkyard. To Bob, it was both lab and sanctuary – the one place where he was in control of his world (entp. 318).

There was a constant hum from the combined sounds of cooling fans in nearly a dozen computers. There were various pieces of networking gear, cables, computer parts, and tools spread in even distribution across nearly all available space. Where there was an occasional gap, dirty clothes and DVD movie cases filled the void.

It was warmer in this room than in any other part of the house, and it smelled ...

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