The History of Mystery

Ackroyd’s first actual day on the actual site was clear and fine, which he considered a good portent. Certainly, he hadn’t been spoiled by the weather in Iraq, but Ackroyd harbored theories about how weather influenced the cooperation and industry he could expect from others. He stood next to his jeep in the employee parking lot, and looking in the sky in the direction of the park he saw nothing but two clouds, way up high and white as a napkin. It was not humid and the tempera...