Plot Summary:Mars is tormented by waking nightmares, imagining himself the victim of a bizarre murder mystery plot involving cars, bikes and city hall conspiracies. Travelling with his friends Dee and Cope to India's Thar desert, he's haunted by eerie memories of his girlfriend Fee, his research about 30s cyclist Douglas Carr, and his participation in the Last Car club. During the double transit of Venus and Mars, he disappears into the desert. Or does he?