Excel tries to seem like an unremarkable American teenager, but his family is far from normal. His mother, Maxima, was once a Filipina B-movie action star who now scams men online. The old man they live with is not his grandfather but Maxima’s lifelong martial arts trainer. And years ago, on Excel’s tenth birthday, Maxima revealed a secret that he must keep forever: Excel is undocumented - and one accidental slip could uproot his entire life.