Hooves of Ambition

Rose Callahan dreamed of winning the Kentucky Derby, but at five-foot-ten, she was told she'd never make it as a jockey. Too tall. Too heavy. Wrong build. Years later, struggling in Dubai's racing world, she's offered an impossible choice: undergo genetic transformation to become a centaur racer—part human, part thoroughbred. The transformation will be agonizing. And she'll never walk on two legs again. But for the first time in her life, Rose would be fast enough, strong enough, perfect enough to win. Some dreams demand everything. Rose is willing to pay the price.