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paperback.  Wolgast had been to the Compound only once, the
previous summer, to meet with Colonel Sykes.  Not a job
interview, exactly; it had been made clear to Wolgast that the
assignment was his if he wanted it.  A pair of soldiers drove
him in a van with blacked out windows, but Wolgast could tell
they were taking him west from Denver, into the mountains.   The
drive took six hours, and by the time they pulled into the
Compound, he’d actually managed