Synopsis

LeoKaitowasanobodyinthepaddock;asimulatortechnicianforthefailingArcadiaRacingteam,watchingotherslivehisdream.UntilheactivatedSimex.[InfiniteSimulationModeinitialized.Escapecondition:1,000,000perfectlaps.]Forwhatfeltlikedecades,Leolivedacycleofdeathandresets.EveryMonacodownpourandeveryhigh-speedcrashatSpawasburnedintohisneuralpathways.Whenhefinallycompletesthemillionthlapandreturnstoreality,heisnolongertheaveragemanwhoenteredthepod.Heisa“HiddenMonster”whoseestarmacashistorule.Thrustintothecockpitasadesperatereplacementdriver,Leodoesn’tjustdrive;hedominates.Butasheclimbsthestandings,herealizesthesimulationnevertrulyended.Simexhasleakedintotherealworld.Now,LeomustwintheWorldChampionshiptoprovethathumaninstinctcanstillbeatthemachinethatperfectedhim.