In this mesmerizing YA fantasy mash-up of The Road meets The
Amazing Race, one girl chooses to risk her life in a cutthroat
competition in order to win her freedom.
In Lanoria, Outsiders, who don't have magic, are inferior to Enchanteds,
who do. That's just a fact for Astrid, an Outsider who is indentured to
pay off her family's debts. She serves as the surrogate for the
princess--if Renya steps out of line, Astrid is the one who bears the
punishment for it.
But there is a way out: the life-or-death Race of Oblivion. First,
racers are dosed with the drug Oblivion, which wipes their memories.
Then, when they awake in the middle of nowhere, only cryptic clues--and
a sheer will to live--will lead them through treacherous terrain full of
opponents who wouldn't think twice about killing each other to get
ahead.
But what throws Astrid the most is what she never expected to encounter
in this race. A familiar face she can't place. Secret powers she
shouldn't have. And a confusing memory of the past that, if real, could
mean the undoing of the entire social structure that has kept her a
slave her entire life.
Competing could mean death...but it could also mean freedom.