Rohan Ahuja Chapter 1 – The Desert of Light The year was 2150, and the Thar Desert no longer resembled the barren expanse it had once been. Instead of endless dunes stretching into emptiness, the horizon was now filled with colossal spires of glass and steel that glowed with the fire of captured sunlight. These towers, some rising taller than the skyscrapers of Mumbai and Dubai combined, shimmered with a brilliance that made the desert itself look aflame. At dawn, when the sun broke across the horizon, the towers lit up in sequence, each one reflecting and amplifying light until…