(SF novel) East of Nakba (79)

 

(Japanese Version)

 

Part I. Israel bombs a nuclear plant in Iran (76)

 

Chapter 29 Virtual control (2) Sandstorm (1/3)



Despite the fine weather, "Burj Khalifa" looked hazy. It was not uncommon that metropolis like Dubai was surrounded by smog on ground. But now the entire skyscraper was hazy. "Mafia" felt as if he rode on a magic carpet and lost in the mysterious world of a thousand nights and a night.

 

Beyond the metropolis, there was the vast desert. People called it the "Ar Rub al Khali". It meant "an empty quarter" in Arabic. The desert occupied a quarter of the Arabian Peninsula. No satisfactory map was available until very recently.

 

(To be continued ----)

 

 

Areha Kazuya

(From an ordinary citizen in the cloud)

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