Unbroken Stride

Zootopia was supposed to be a place where anyone could be anything.

Arden Ryke doesn't believe that anymore.

A former soldier from Savannah Central, Arden came to the city chasing purpose-only to lose everything in a single explosion. Rebuilt with steel legs and sheer willpower, she refuses to be seen as broken... even when the world insists on treating her that way.

When she graduates top of her class from the ZPD Academy, no one celebrates. Especially not Chief Chief Bogo, who assigns her to parking duty and expects her to fail quietly.

But Arden doesn't do quiet.

When a missing mammals case falls into her lap, she takes it-no matter the risk, no matter the rules. Along the way, she crosses paths with a fast-talking fox who knows the city's underbelly better than anyone, Nick Wilde.

He thinks she's all sharp edges and bad decisions.

She thinks he's a walking liability.

They're both right.

As the case pulls them deeper into Zootopia's hidden cracks-from the Rainforest District that nearly took her life to the polished lies of the city's elite-Arden is forced to confront something far more dangerous than crime:

The possibility that Zootopia was never built for animals like her in the first place.

And this time... she's not backing down.