Sand and heat. Crowds of men in long white robes and veiled women. Shimmering glass skyscrapers, so tall they nearly reach out of sight. Ahead is a tube-shaped structure, sending heat waves over the desert. The majority of the building is a mall, one of the largest in the world. But that’s not what the trio of long-haired young men in sunglasses are here for…

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