Malcolm, an orphaned field mouse, is considered a nuisance by his
house-mouse relatives who live at 65 Rodent Row, Mouse-Town Estates, in
the gloomy basement of Balmoral Castle. He is a misfit who does poorly
at school and is bullied by his cousins. While house mice serve as
collectors within the castle walls, Malcolm yearns to follow in his
daddie's paw-steps and become an explorer of the outside world. While
collecting in the royal kitchen one afternoon, Malcolm is discovered by
Chief Castle Cook. In his mad dash to escape, Malcolm inadvertently
exposes the MI Mouse-Way Ramp 3 to human eyes. Disaster strikes! Royal
staff board up mouse holes and bait traps with poison. Mouse-Town
Estates is threatened with death and starvation. Malcolm seizes the
opportunity to try to save the house-mouse community and to explore the
outside world at the same time. Will Malcolm survive four fat royal
corgis, being trapped in the royal handbag, arrest, and imprisonment to
save the day? Or will Her Majesty the Queen succeed in chopping off his
head?