CHAPTER 15 JACOB Living in one of the Sparrow rentals is nothing like living in one of the family's primary residencies. And stopping by Heath Sparrow's massive Manhattan high-rise is a stark reminder of the difference. The building alone--a sprawling, interlocking edifice that takes up the entire block between 56th and 57th--is a towering testament to wealth, power, and status, all of which comes built-in with the Sparrow clan. To even come close to understanding it all, I'd need to live here a few decades myself--an obvious problem since I only found out I was a Sparrow six months ago. The early morning, not-yet-dawn light clouds the building like mist. Its steel and glass walls are frosted in a dim, impenetrable gray, the whole structure giving off an aura that is both cold and for

