Sam's goal is to be a world-class cyclist, but his coach has him working as a courier for a criminal organization, and Sam is soon cycling for his life.
Jace Damon, a bicycle messenger in Los Angeles working to support his little brother, does not know which way to turn when he is sent by low-class attorney Lenny Lowell to deliver a package and discovers the drop is an empty lot where someone is waiting to kill him--but when he goes to confront Lenny, he finds the lawyer murdered and himself the main suspect.
Sam has a gift for bicycle racing, but his attitude gets in the way and his teammates give up on him. Aging Olympic racer Viktor offers Sam a new opportunity and a chance to be a winner, but Sam must first work as a bike courier for Viktor's company where he ends up delivering untraceable packages for an unknown client and risks losing everything.
Sixteen-year-old Heller Highland, who is living with his grandparents while his parents are away, burns rubber across Manhattan delivering bad news by bicycle, and as a summer heat wave melts the city, he is struck by first love.
