THE PRIZE IS A WISH. THE PENALTY IS DEATH.
Every five years, the Architects—a shadowy organization that controls global events—issue a summons to the world's best drivers. They are invited to compete in The Redline: an illegal, no-holds-barred race across four continents. The winner receives a single Wish, a quantum alteration of reality capable of granting their heart's deepest desire.
Elias Makuza, a disgraced Rwandan rally driver, enters the race to clear his name. He is up against the elite: a Brazilian Formula One legend, a Yakuza drift queen, a blind engineer with a sonar-guided car, and an American billionaire with experimental tech.
But this year, the rules have changed.
Moments before the start, a terrorist group known as The Erasers hijacks the grid. They have linked a seismic planet-killer bomb to the racers' engines. The new rule is simple: If the collective speed drops, the world ends.
Now, Elias must form an uneasy alliance with his rivals. Together, they form the Redline Pact, a desperate convoy fighting to stay alive. From the blinding sandstorms of the Sahara to the frozen rivers of Moscow, through the volcanic tunnels of Japan and the floating sky-highways above the Amazon, they must drive faster than fate itself.
Hunted by drones, betrayed by warlords, and racing against a ticking clock, Elias discovers that the true finish line isn't on a map—it's a choice that will decide the future of humanity.