Meet Jax Janssen, A Space Boomer with nerves of steel. . . Jax lives for adventure—he’s lived on moon bases and space stations and rocket ships in between; he’s no stranger to danger. 
           Meet Mason Mathews, The Boy Genius—he’s taken time travel to a whole new dimension, and can’t help looking for trouble. But will everyone survive the rush?
           Meet Willis Barnaby, The young offspring of deep-space explorers—left alone with relatives and seeking approval, he finds himself risking everything.  Will he live to tell the tale?
           Meet Kako and Yoko Lui, The playful and mysterious twins of Alpha City.  How long will their secret last?  Are the fun and games about to end?

The year is 2050 and Jax Janssen arrives on Alpha City with his father.   After living on the Moon for the last few years, he is excited about the space station city and meeting new friends. Little does Jax know that life is more complicated than Holo-Games.  Jax’s new friends Kako and Yoko need his help to save their friends from certain disaster.  Can the teens figure out how to get a time traveling machine back to Alpha City 2050 safe and sound? Can a disabled cruiser ship, the Nautilus, make it back to Alpha City in time? Join Jax on his first great space adventure where he encounters seasoned astronauts, a teen genius, and clones. 
            Hurtling from the dark border regions of Jupiter to the flashing lights of an orbital space station, Alpha City 2050 is the first power-packed Ticket To Orbit adventure that will send your nerves to the edge . . . and beyond!

Alpha City 2050 – BOOK ONE and beyond

Alpha City 2050-the series, is considered a high adventure, low vocabulary collection of serial novels that will “grow with the reader”.  It is unique as a youth novel combining exciting adventure, conflict, resolution, problem-solving, complex character development and “life lessons”.
            Alpha City 2050 followed by Alpha City 2050: Rage of the Clones and Alpha City 2050:  Relativity, in spring and fall 2006 and fall 2007, was aimed initially at the male demographic, but as we soon learned, the girls loved the stories also.  This new and exciting series features among the characters strong male and female heroes and heroines.  There is a focus on parental figures and the aged.   Space sciences, history and geography are accurate with story detail based on science fact with a science-fiction twist.
            This series has been written for the middle school student.  Children and Teens from grades five, six, seven, eight, nine and ten in general literature or demonstrating below average reading skills will be able to read this novel.  They will discover that it deals with contemporary issues that impact youth on a daily basis. 
Alpha City 2050-the series, is written in short (five pages or less) “scenes” rather than extended chapters to capture the short attention span of this youth target market.  The high adventure and intrigue is meant to captivate with snappy dialogue and rapid pace.  Much like watching a movie, Ticket To Orbit 2050 -the series, moves between scenes providing four stories that merge at the apex of each novel. 
            For the scholastic market, Alpha City 2050-the series is available with a Teachers Guide.  Each module will promote learning, providing up to thirty lesson plans per 200+ page novel that may be photocopied easily and distributed in a class setting.  It is expected an entire Teachers Guide and class curriculum will take on average six weeks to complete. 
            Alpha City 2050 – the series is available as both stand-alone but may be purchased at a discount for class sets.  Class sets (comprising twenty books) will include a gratis Teachers Guide.  Teachers Guides with accompanying curriculum can be ordered separately at minimal cost.  Volume discounts are available for school purchases and classroom novel sets. 
Come join us now for the grand adventure of growing up!  Blast ahead forty decades into your future and see what life may be like.  Buckle your safety belts and straps yourselves in tight … it's going to be a wild ride.