Cutthroat velocipede racing enthralls the citizens of Seren, and Emmeline Escot was born to ride. There's only one problem: she's a girl. Serenias-the high-born women of the city-live tightly laced lives, cloistered by their families before marriage, rigidly controlled by their husbands after. Emmeline watches her twin brother gain success as a professional racing jockey while her own life grows increasingly narrow. Yet her hunger to ride never dies...