Professor C. E. Gull is abducted in Ukraine and held prisoner, setting an unstoppable string of events in motion, which changes everyone's lives forever... Fed-up with her mundane existence, Penelope Jane Wigglesworth decides to enter a magazine competition ... with repercussions beyond imagination. Albert, her husband, is bird-napped by the Supreme Winged Anarchists against Liberty and Order Worldwide (S.W.A.L.O.W). Can Penelope rescue him? A tale of birdnapping, international espionage and humorous adventure. Will Penelope and her family have the raw courage to overcome this new threat to the world and save birdkind from enslavement?