“Nothing special, just a boring single-story ranch house in the middle of the desert. It was dust-covered and unkempt, clad in vertical wood siding that looked so parched that its boards might, at any moment, spontaneously combust into flames. They were a lightened sun-baked brown, and every edge and corner of the wooden exterior looked rounded, withered by years of hot wind. Maybe even the wind of a few nuclear bomb tests. That was the type of neighborhood they were in—Backwater Nevada. Where e...lse on the continent could they have gotten away with detonating nearly a thousand nuclear bombs? The ranch house and its grounds fit that milieu perfectly. Next to the house was a large storage structure, a Quonset hut that might have been plucked straight from an abandoned Air Force base. It had a distinct Cold War vibe, the heavy peeling of cream-colored paint off corrugated metal. No windows—not even at the front end. It was quite the mystery, rust-covered and grim.MoreLessRead More Read Less
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