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The Racing Heart of Fear

B. A. Chepaitis (2014)

SubgenreSoft SF / Social SF
Age groupAdult 18+
Content ratingPG-13
Pages ()
SeriesJaguar Addams #8
SettingFuturistic social landscape focused on interpersonal dynamics
Goodreads5.0

Content levels

ViolenceMild
Sexual contentNone
LanguageMild

Trigger warnings

psychological themesAnxiety

Positive tags

emotionally engagingcharacter-drivenintrospectiveinspiring

Tropes

character journeyovercoming fearsSocial SFFound Familyprotagonist growth

Themes

fear and couragerelationships and trustSelf-Acceptancepersonal empowerment

Synopsis

On Prison Planetoid Three, Jaguar Addams and Alex Dzarny use their telepathic gifts to make criminals face the fears that drive their heinous crimes. They’ve been a great team, but now, Alex has left the Planetoid and Jaguar, grief stricken over the death of his son. Jaguar, left on her own, goes off to the home planet with her friend Rachel to watch some Formula One racing in Montreal. There, a lost dog leads her to some of the fastest women on the planet, and when one of them is killed, she’s stuck with the dog and the case. In short order she realizes that the man responsible for the death is the same one who made Alex leave, and he won’t rest until both she and Alex are dead.