Fotherington-Tomas. Oxford academic. Special detective. Spin-bowler extraordinaire and clandestine agent to Her Majesty the Queen, is on his last legs, thanks to Dr Mephostus' dastardly Death Ray. With his trusty sidekick, Maxwell, by his side, what pearls of wisdom does the man who saved the realm on countless occasions have to impart to us and is this really the end of the line for one of the greatest unsung heroes on the planet?

Join us, in part one of a fantastically silly and irreverent series of short stories, which will take you around the world and back in quite a bit more than eighty days. With Mad Monks, Yorkshire-based villains and of course, the wonderfully wicked Dr Mephostus, this is Flashman meets Sherlock Holmes at its best!