Night Speed

✍ Scribed by Chris Howard

• Publisher: HarperCollins;Katherine Tegen Books
• Year: 2016
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 226 KB
• Category: Fiction

✦ Synopsis

Alana West is the teen version of Jason Bourne in Night Speed, a fast-paced and action-packed sci-fi thriller that will have fans of Scott Westerfeld and Marie Lu on the edge of their seats.

Only those young enough can survive tetra, a dangerous and addictive new drug that fuels a nine-minute burst of superhuman strength and speed. Alana West has been trained to use it so she can pursue the young criminals who abuse its power--criminals like the breakneck who nearly killed her kid brother.

On tetra, Alana is unstoppable--an explosive blur as she surges through New York City. But with the clock ticking down to her eighteenth birthday, Alana will soon be too old for the rush, when just one more dose will prove deadly.

Supported only by her steady handler, Tucker, Alana goes undercover, infiltrating an elite gang of breaknecks to stop the supply of their drug. When Alana gets trapped on the wrong side of the law, she learns the breaknecks are not quite...