2 It was just past nine in the morning, but the sun was still barely showing its face. That was the problem with winter, besides the obvious cold. The days started too late and ended too early. Sharman barely had time to get going before it seemed like sunset was here again. Down in the valley, in Salt Lake City, sunrise was sometime after seven. But the mountains around the Factory were so high, it took another few hours for daylight to really take hold up here. Sharman had gotten used to never seeing the sunrise for herself anymore. At least not in person. Her bedroom was down on the second floor. There were no windows there or anywhere else. What would they show anyway? Just solid rock. The entire facility was burrowed under the mountain. But there were cameras up topside that broad