Dr Rick Tower is a mild-mannered professor easing into middle-aged mundanity. But he wasn't always.

Decades earlier after a very bad day at high school, he was committed to a secret programme with three other special kids. Tested, tutored and trained, this extraordinary quartet were told to save the world.

It was the best thing that ever happened. Until it became the worst.

Now adults, the team must reunite to solve a mysterious disappearance. But while great power usually brings great responsibility, that's never been one of their gifts.

A thrilling, hilarious tale of good, evil and one man trying to do the right thing. Against impossible odds ...