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8. Evidence & Darkness  In the final 12 months of his stay at the Pelican Ranch, Spook had been permitted special access to the community dayroom. There were no computers or electronics that he could use, but there were hundreds of magazines and second- and third-rate books -- fiction and non-fiction alike -- and Spook relished his time with them as though they were close and dearly appreciated friends. The precious minutes that would total less than a single day of time opened a personal infinity within McEntyre. He found a world that was so barely populated it could contain anything he desired in it. A place free from distraction and hassle and ambivalence and lies. The simple lines of text produced a sound he'd never heard. It was a sound that converted the prison wall into temple walls. He experienced divinity. He experienced God.  His curiosity led him from one tale and journey to another: stories of people confused by love; stories of people corrupted with hate; the ...

7. Arriving In Delaney  Spook listened as Gerstein talked on and on about himself. He listened as Gerstein detailed his move from New York to Michigan and the radical shift from apprenticehood to that of independent contractor. Spook wasn't won-over by Gerstein's transformation. He'd listened to far more interesting and dramatic life-swings from the other inmates at the Pelican Ranch that surpassed Jeff Gerstein's rise to financial security by miles and ages of rediscovery. Men who lost their souls while competing for money. Men who stepped into the darkness completely with only themselves and their intentions. And Spook endured Gerstein's blabbering with visceral frustration and a half-stoic sense of purpose. When Jeff removed a package of cigarette's from the Forde's center-consul for himself and offered one to Spook, Spook took it with hungry appreciation. "I saw you with that lighter. How on Earth did you get your hands on that?" "I found ...