Night Speed

Tetra is a new, addictive drug that gives users roughly nine minutes of superhuman strength and speed, and only people young enough can handle its effects. Alana West has been trained to take it so she can hunt the teenagers who misuse it, among them the breaknecks who nearly killed her little brother.

High on tetra, Alana becomes a blur that tears through New York City, trying to stop breaknecks before they injure or kill more people. Her eighteenth birthday is approaching, and once she turns eighteen she will be too old for the drug, and one more dose could be fatal.

With only her calm, dependable handler, Tucker, for support, Alana goes undercover in an exclusive breakneck gang to cut off its supply of tetra. When she ends up on the wrong side of the law, she discovers that the gang is not what it appears to be. Ethan, an artistic boy who seems to see straight through her, plays a central part in what she finds, and her own growing dependence on tetra forces her to decide where she truly stands.