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Today’s cover was designed by Jill Spaeth, inspired by a synopsis written by Michelle Kelley:

Racer by Michelle Kelley

In a world ruled by the Talented, Amy McPier’s only goal is to appear Talentless.

If she had a useful Talent, like Music or Science, Amy wouldn’t have a problem if others knew it. However, her Talent is Speed, the ability to be fast at anything she wants. Anyone who has Speed is put into the Race Circuit, the only “acceptable” job for one with such a Talent. The same job that killed her father years before. To be Talentless is a lot better than to let anyone know of her Speed. But when she gets caught using her Talent, Amy is forcibly taken from her home and brought to the Race Circuit Center.

There, she picks a new name for herself, Aims, and the officials implant a computer chip into her brain. A sarcastic program named Maxx begins to instruct Aims in using her Talent. With Maxx inside her, a word from Aims can turn Maxx into any racing machine she deems. A few months of training and Aims is in the Circuit, racing to the finish line with sponsors either cheering her on or plotting her losses. But the longer she is in the Circuit, the more she begins to unravel a dark truth about why the Circuit was created, the reason why her father was killed. Amy suddenly has a new goal:

Survive the Race Circuit and stop the slaughter of the Talented.

About the Designer

Jill Spaeth is President and Director of Design at Citizen Creative a firm she started in March 2010 where the name “Citizen” represents an allegiance to gorgeous and thoughtful design solutions.

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