title: PRAX and the Hazardous Countdown
author: Francis, Matthew
description: In 2019, emotionally-lost foster kid Philo Nockby is suddenly told his dead parents were time-traveling agents and is whisked away to the year 3451, a beautiful future, post-pandemic, where some humans evolved to have triple helix DNA. Philo and his new friends, Raelyn, Alani, and Xendo, must investigate human history and the ancient martial art of kineoka at the same academy that destroyed his family to save the world's future from the devastating secrets his parents fought to reveal. PRAX and the Hazardous Countdown is the first novel in an upcoming six-part book series taking place in the fictional PRAX Future of our own world. This action-packed YA science-fantasy story explores themes of growing up LGBTQ+, coming of age, chosen family, friendships, futurism, overcoming adversity, young romance, discrimination, and the implications of history and politics in everyday modern life. Time is a fickle and dangerous thing...