It's an old story written in another future. Humanity has long since spread out, despite the fact that faster than light travel has never been accomplished. Even data is still limited to the leisurely pace of light itself. But even if humanity can't change the laws of physics, it doesn't mean that they haven't changed themselves along the way.

After the Prince of Eks Corp decides to bet his future on a race, a girl of mixed heritage from the Cinder Sector will restore the Beyonder scout ship that carried her mother to the system and race both of her annoying stepsisters, and hundreds of other entrants to the final checkpoint.