The broken and bloody body of an unidentifiable man sets Hip Flask and Vanity Case on a trail that leads them to Casbah Joe and The Eye of the Needle; the creator of the Elephantmen, Kazushi Nikken, suspects that there are plans afoot to release him from imprisonment and gang war erupts between the forces of Obadiah Horn and Baron Serengheti. Where will Flask's investigation lead him? What dark secrets lie in Sahara's past, and what is the deadly mission of the man called The Silencer? Los Angeles 2162 is Mystery City.