The holding cell was smaller than Daniel expected, a concrete box with a narrow bed, a stainless steel toilet, and a mirror made of polished metal instead of glass. He had been in worse accommodations during his rise to power----motels that rented by the hour, apartments shared with too many roommates, the cramped studio where he had lived while building his first company. But those memories felt distant now, like they belonged to someone else entirely.

He stood before the metal ...