In a near-future world where the Roman Empire never fell, only two things matter: honor and The Game. "The Game" is Truckus Maximus, a competition where drivers race against one another - to the death. The best of the best is a young driver named Axl. The leader of Team Apollo, Axl drives hard and lives by a strict code of honor. That honor will be pushed to its limits by the Caesar - the cunning ruler of the Roman Empire - and the Dominus, the absolute master of the Truckus Maximus games who can change its rules at will. But Axl can't survive this race on his own. To do that, he'll have to embrace his team, including a defiant new racer named Piston. Will he learn that family is more important than honor and The Game? Or will he go down in flames?

 

This book has been graded for interest at 12+ years.

There are 288 pages in this book. This is a picture book. A picture book uses pictures and text to tell the story. The number of words varies from zero ('wordless') to around 1k over 32 pages. Picture books are typically aimed at young readers (age 3-6) but can also be aimed at older children (7+). This book was published 2019 by Roaring Brook Press .

Scott D. Peterson is most well known for his work on the hit Disney Channel cartoon Phineas and Ferb . In 2016 he released his first book for young readers, The Jungle Book: The Strength of the Wolf is the Pack , which he wrote with fellow Phineas and Ferb alumnus Joshua Pruett. Jose Garcia grew up in Mexico reading superhero comics and watching anime. He is now a self-taught freelance comic book artist and 2D animator. He has worked for many animation studios and publishers, such as Electronic Arts, Heavy Metal , Devil's Due Publishing, BOOM! Studios, and Ankama Editions, among others, and is still trying to break into comics.