We began to pull into the underground garage of the Vanderbilt building. The fluorescent lights flickered over the hood of the car like a countdown.
"Listen to me," Vance said as we approached our designated spot. "In twenty minutes, the power to the penthouse level is going to go out. A 'transformer surge' in the basement. When it does, the security hub will reboot. You will have at least one hour of dark time before the backup generators or the system recovery kicks in. You have to find the Maxwell file in that window."
I swallowed hard, looking at the concrete walls closing in. "One hour."
"Maybe less," Vance warned. "I’m not sure when it will come back on, but it's your only shot. After that, I’ll be waiting at the service entrance."
"Okay," I whispered, reaching for the door handl
