Place · Book 8, A Parade of Horribles

The downhill track

Heat three: thirty kilometres straight down at thirty degrees under a red sun, tens of thousands of migrating Sugar Hermits tumbling alongside, a mile of Wall of Fire, a cannelloni tunnel, and the three-storey skull of Tem across the finish, which Carl's feet explode.

Segment appearances

• Chapter 30 — Heat three: Gluteus Maxx and the Sugar Hermits
• Chapter 32 — The skull of Tem; three vehicles over the line

Arc

A ski ramp under a red sun; Sugar Hermits (ch. 30); waves of skulls, a mile of fire (ch. 31); the skull of Tem and three vehicles in the air (ch. 32).