Montagu Sylver is a famous weasel detective, intent on solving mysteries. Can he ferret out the truth when he learns that the anarchist Spindrick plans to blow everyone to smithereens with a fiendish bomb? Or find a lemming prince who vanishes almost as soon as he sets paw on Welkin soil? Aided and abetted by his trusty weasel companions, Monty is soon on the trail, but time is running out especially when he becomes a fugitive from the law.