The Race

Ikka doesn't know it yet, but she has spent her entire life in The Race.

Ikka's days are consumed with speeding across the endless desert, competing against the other racers in her colossal eight-wheeled X-Runner. She is focused on the competition, but unsettled in her mind.

Ikka is aware that she can remember only one day at a time, but she doesn't know why. She suspects that other racers are missing their memories too, but they seem blissfully unaware—distracted by the thrill of The Race, a...