Every room, every wall, floor to ceiling bookshelves, and not a single one was empty. Danny tried to read their spines, but it was too dark. The lights were off and the windows were blocked.“Can you turn the lights on?” Danny asked. Gustav clapped his hands. The lights came on.“How’d you do that?” Danny asked.“How?” Gustav grinned. “Guess.”“I don’t know; some kind of weird shit, like the string?”“Perhaps. Yes, perhaps that. Or perhaps not.”“Well, what else would it be?”“Maybe from the television, yes? You’ve seen the commercials? $19.95, plus shipping and handling. They double your order—for free! Can you believe? Act now and get a special bonus gift.”Danny clapped his hands, and the lights turned off. He clapped them again and they went back on. “I can’t believe you actually ordered that thing. Everyone knows the stuff they sell on TV is a ripoff.”Shrugging, Gustav walked over to a shelf, selected a book, and placed it in Danny’s hand.“Read.”Danny looked at the cover.
