In the African Conglomeracy, Texas-raised Natty Visser prepares to compete in the deadly Suicide Races; a high-risk, high-stakes equestrian contest where obstacles incur a body-count. Forced to compete after being wrongly accused of murder in her adopted country of the Republic of Texas, Natty sees no choice but to travel back to the place her parents fled and put her life on the line for a slim chance at freedom. But Natty soon finds herself caught between opposing forces as the conglomeracy tilts toward civil war, and it’s not just war and death-games she has to survive, but those lurking in the shadows who see her for more than just a woman playing at a man’s game. They see her as a threat of revolution.And yet it may be Leon, one of Africa’s most feared men—the mercenary jackal paid to protect her, who might kill her first, as he grapples between a secret need for revenge against Natty’s family, and the longing she inspires within him.