"One moment I was standing there, sword raised, knees trembling. The
next, in a blur of fur and fury, the hellish creature was flying towards
me, its huge front paws extended and savage claws aiming straight at my
hammering heart..." Barnaby Grimes is a tick-tock lad--he'll deliver any
message anywhere anytime. As fast as possible. Tick-tock--time is money!
But strange things are afoot. One moonlit night, as Barnaby highstacks
above the city, leaping from roof to roof, gutter to gable, pillar to
pediment, a huge beast attacks. He barely escapes with his life. And now
his friend Old Benjamin has disappeared...