An Interpol agent is assigned to look into a series of strange incidents involving participants in the world Gran Prix races.
“…Louder and louder declarations were heard more and more often that his wild driving on racing tracks was not a competition with equal opponents, but a crazy struggle with himself to win. It became increasingly certain that he would never win that one race, that one fight; and the last desperate bet against his own nerves would bring him nothing—because there would come a moment when luck would turn on him. And that’s what happened—to Isaac Jett and to Johnny Harlow: in front of the whole world, he lost his last battle for the Gran Prix on the tracks of Europe and America. It’s possible, of course, that he’ll still remain on the track, perhaps will start again—but one thing had already become indisputable: his best days were behind him. And it was clear even to Harlow himself…”