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"1066."

MISSION SUMMARY: 
"Jericho and his team are in England, in the year 1066 and on the eve of the History making battle of Hastings, in the October of that year. He's on the trail of two people who apparently breached the Time-Line from 1904. Are they here to try and alter the outcome of the battle which changed British History forever? Jericho has been ordered to ensure that the Time-Line remains unaltered, but that could prove to be quite hard; in the face of determined Time-travellers!"





"1912: THE YEAR THAT CHANGED THE WORLD FOREVER."

MISSION SUMMARY: 
"Jericho and his team have been assigned a tough job back in 1912: a small group of millionaires, scientists and critical thinkers have formed a very special but dark club with the sole intention of controlling humanity - totally - over the next couple of hundred years! It appears they will stop at nothing to achieve world domination including manufacturing World Wars, pan-epidemics, massive starvation and climate changes. For a plan over two centuries they need someone to oversee it from start to finish and apparently that's where a strange character called simply 'TARK' comes in the picture. TARK is nearly five hundred years old already and he's certainly not human!"


"6.42 FROM MALESBURY DID NOT ARRIVE AT YORK STATION."

MISSION SUMMARY: 
"On a cold winter's morning on January 8th 1955, a regular scheduled train left the small town of Malesbury for its usual run in to York at 6.42 AM. It carried a driver, a guard and just seven passengers; it was only two carriages long. But after travelling just twenty miles, the train stopped [unscheduled] in the beautiful York winter countryside. When it failed to appear at York Station British transport Police were dispatched to the remote scene and found the train completely abandoned: everyone on board had simply vanished! Jericho and Team 74 were quickly on the case...."



"13.25 or FLIGHT OF THE GOLDEN HEART."

MISSION SUMMARY: 
"Mr. Tibbs has an assignment on the first Manned Mission to Mars - apparently a crew member blows his brains out on live Television in front of millions - and he should never have died! The Time-Line is under threat and Jericho is under pressure to find answers, but discovers that this Mission to Mars hides a shocking secret."







"ALBERT KRUPP HAS A SECOND AUDIENCE WITH THE KAISER."

MISSION SUMMARY: 
"German trenches, the Western Front: Northern France, September 1917.
His captain couldn't believe the order he received from Company HQ this quiet day regarding Private Albert Krupp, a young stretcher-bearer who wasn't a very good soldier, but - quite remarkably according to the captain - had survived since 1914. Now the captain shook his head in disbelief that a staff car would collect Krupp at dawn tomorrow from the reserve trench and convey him to 3rd Army HQ some sixty kilometres behind the front as a guest of Field Marshal Von Hindenburg! The captain knew that another major military figure would be there: the Kaiser and what was really remarkable is that this will be Krupp's second audience with his Majesty! Jericho and Team 74 will also be there because this little meeting could change world history for ever!"


"THE AMAZING ANALYTICAL MIND OF JOHN JOSEPH JONES."

MISSION SUMMARY: 
“There's something strange happening to the domain of Human Existence; it appears someone or something has 'hacked' the Creation Machine that controls human Destiny and creating all sorts of strange phenomena. Jericho and Team 74 are dispatched to find the culprit and put an end to its meddling in human affairs. They track the source of the problem to a modest semi-detached house in a quiet street in York, England, in the year 2022. There they encounter a certain young man called John Joseph Jones ['Jays' to his friends] who - apparently - makes Einstein look like a village idiot..." 



"ANTARCTICA."

MISSION SUMMARY: 
“In 1975, the British Antarctica Exploration Society’s base camp and research station is partially closed down for the Antarctic winter and manned only by a ‘Skelton’ crew of essential workers. But on Saturday 5th July they receive unexpected news from their Geology crew [coming back from a short visit to their American neighbours at McMurdo Station who were celebrating their twentieth  anniversary in the place.] Their radio message is utterly shocking and quite unbelievable; they have encountered a sailing ship half buried in the snow and ice! Jericho Tibbs and Team 74 are quickly on scene because the craft [The Augustus] was lost in 1914 delivering ice-cream to Argentina and bringing meat back; it was supposed to be no-where near bloody Antarctica!" 


THE ASSASSINATION OF LORD HORATIO HERBERT KITCHENER."

MISSION SUMMARY: 

"Jericho Tibbs and team 74 have to jump back to 1902 and visit Edwardian London because there's a very determined time traveller plotting to assassinate the great Lord Kitchener, at his victory parade, held in Hyde Park that year. Such an unscheduled and early death would have serious and unplanned consequences for the current human time line and Jericho must prevent that happening. But Jericho discovers there is more to the plot than meets the eye." 



"BEDLAM."

MISSION SUMMARY: 
“In 1815, at the infamous London hospital for the insane, the two doctors running the place have a problem. They have a patient who claims he is Christ returned – a common malady for the time – but after a couple of incidents at the hospital which shocked and amazed the staff [and some patients], the two doctors are at odds with each other over the strange man who calls himself ‘Osiris Kemet’. Jericho Tibbs and team 74 are on scene because souls are going missing.” 





"BENJAMIN BACON'S BIG BLACK BOOK OF BURDENS."

MISSION SUMMARY: 
"Young Benjamin Bacon is obsessed with death. By day he works as a clerk for the British Gas Corporation in their quiet offices in Rutland. But on his holidays, weekends and days off; he searches for the answer to death itself. On a wet afternoon, whilst visiting Rutland castle, he discovers an ancient book supposed to have been written by the Devil himself. It claims to have the secret to immortality, so Benjamin steals the dark manuscript and during a fierce storm that night; begins to read...." 




"BROOKLYN'S FINEST."

MISSION SUMMARY: 
“In the summer of 1974, two New York detectives are on the tracks of a serious drug kingpin who is flooding Brooklyn with bad dope and several junkies have died. But there is little public interest in the case and the pair struggle to gather evidence against the suspect; Jerome Gates. He is protected by some powerful people and when detective Wilson Franklyn’s nephew is found dead, after over-dosing apparently, the case becomes personal. But the drug kingpin is not all he seems and that brings Temporal Inspector Silas Underhill and Team 13 on scene.”



"THE CASTAWAYS OF LITTLE DOG ISLAND."

MISSION SUMMARY: 
“In the warm summer of 1963, young Carter Morrison has managed to obtain use of his father’s old yacht, for his friends from college. They plan to sail around the West coast of America, from San Diego to Eureka (along the coast of California) and generally enjoy themselves for two weeks. But off that coast, they encounter strange lights and find themselves struggling for survival on the notorious 'Little Dog Island. Can Jericho pull off a rescue?"  



“THE CATASTROPHIC CORK CONSPIRACY.”

MISSION SUMMARY: 
“In May of 1902, there was an international Exhibition held in Cork, Ireland [which was part of the United Kingdom at the time] which attracted European and World attention. But with so many important English and pro-English Irish dignitaries attending; a local group of dedicated 'Irish freedom Fighters' plan to brutally embarrass the British Government on the world stage with an audacious plot that could bring war between Britain and Imperial Germany in 1902. Jericho and Team 74 are dispatched to protect the current human time line.”



"THE CITY WITHOUT A SKY."

MISSION SUMMARY: 
“By the year 2194 Humanity has colonised Mars and created large enclosed cities of steel and stone to survive the harsh Martian climate. But there's something evil stalking the city of New Washington and horrific murders have the population living in fear. But where has this evil emerged from? Mars is considered a 'dead' planet and yet, something is very much alive and killing!"  





"CONDEMNED TO KINGDOM COME."

MISSION SUMMARY: 
"Jericho and Team 74 are in pursuit of three souls who have managed to escape from 'Quarantine' and jumped into the world of the living. They are considered quite dangerous and Jericho must track them down before they can interfere with the current human time line. It's believed that they have appeared in Nazi Germany; in 1938. Will they use their knowledge of future events to alter the fate of Nazi Germany and Adolf Hitler?” 





"THE COUNTESS OF CAPPANNI."

MISSION SUMMARY: 
“Old ‘Doc’ Underhill [Inspector: Team 13] is dispatched to the Italian State of Cappanni in 1791 after the human time line changes unexpectedly. The young Count of Cappanni – Henri – has taken a wife. The problem is that his wife Alexandra is a missing soul; missing from London in 1901. His sergeant Jericho Tibbs must proceed with caution as this mission is quite personal to him. Team 13 arrives during troubled and turbulent times and there are signs that the ‘Dark Side’ has an interest in the Count and his young wife and that’s not good!” 




"THE DISCOVERY."

MISSION SUMMARY: 
“In the summer of 1422, young Lady Clare de Fontaine discovers a very old manuscript in her father’s magnificent library at castle Brandon and uncovers an incredible family secret. But there are forces that don’t wish to see that secret revealed to the world and Jericho with team 74 is on scene to ensure the current human time line is maintained in the face of a very determined adversary.” 





"THE DODGE CITY CAPER."

MISSION SUMMARY: 
"In the year 1880 Dodge City, Kansas is booming because of the massive herds of cows passing through it. The money generated also drew cowboys, rustlers, gunmen, con-men, prostitutes and gamblers.  But this year it would also draw Jericho Tibbs and Team 74 because of some strange happenings and bodies turning up without souls.” 






"EDWARD LONGSHANKS."

MISSION SUMMARY: 
“In the autumn of 1290, the much loved Queen of King Edward I died. The King, consumed with grief erects the famous ‘Eleanor crosses’ where her body rested on its journey from Lincoln. But the King would remarry; Margaret of France in 1299 according to the current human time line. But in 1294 a beautiful strange ‘Princess’ arrives in the King’s Court and Edward – the ‘Hammer of Scotland’ - is taken by her beauty and charm and decides to marry her! The time line is under serious threat and Team 74 is dispatched to restore it.” 



"ELWOOD SMITH CALLS FOR AN ANGEL."

MISSION SUMMARY: 
"Jericho and his team have an unusual assignment in the wilds of North Scotland; find out why a certain Elwood Smith has tried to summon an angel! - The reclusive young man appears to have found a way to summon angels and Jericho's boss; Angel Margret is not happy about it. She has dispatched him to find out what has happened and put an end to it; because the consequences of angels crossing into realm of Humans could trigger Armageddon with the forces of the 'Dark Prince'.” 





"THE EMPTY CRYPT."

MISSION SUMMARY: 
"The old parish church of St. Mary's in the village of Halsbury is undergoing renovation to celebrate its 500th anniversary of being consecrated. But workmen replacing the water pipes make an incredible discovery; a hidden crypt buried at the rear of the disused churchyard. Archaeologists from the local university are on the scene and find that all the tombs are not only empty, but belong to a medieval family no-one has ever heard of! Mr. Tibbs is quickly on scene....." 




"ETAN."

MISSION SUMMARY: 
“A forward patrol of American soldiers are involved in the Battle of the Bulge (also called Battle of the Ardennes) just after Christmas 1944. They are cut off and out of communication from their Company HQ and fighting a running battle with German forces when they come across a stone tower, surrounded by a derelict cemetery, deep in the dark forest. The tower looks ancient but they find that ‘Etan’ resides there and has been waiting for them. Jericho Tibbs is on scene with Team 74 because the Time Line is about to change and not in the best interests of Humanity!” 


"THE EXECUTION OF COLONEL WOLFGANG WAGNOR."

MISSION SUMMARY: 
“On June 22nd 1941 Hitler launched the German invasion of Russia with over three million troops pouring across the border backed up with thousands of tanks and aircraft. In the first winter of the Eastern Front and after bloody fighting, Company 9 [part of the 68th Infantry Division, under Lt. Gen. Georg Braun] are on the road to Kiev. But something occurs that will alter the current human time line and humanity’s future. Jericho Tibbs and Team 74 are sent to restore human history and that will mean saving a vicious Nazi from the firing squad!” 



"THE EXHUMATION OF EDWARD ELLIS."


MISSION SUMMARY:
“In 2024, battlefield archaeologists working the Great War [1914 - 1918] battlefield of LOO'S in Northern France discovered part of the old German Front line and several remains. Six were German and one was British; from the remains of his cap and buttons he was from the 'Royal Welsh Fusiliers' and to their delight and surprise a small gold locket gave clues to his identity: a certain Lt. Edward Ellis, a young man aged 22 who fell during the great battle in 1915 at Pietre. BUT according to army records young Ellis survived the war and went home in 1919! Jericho and team 74 are sent to investigate the missing soul of Edward Ellis.”



"FATHER PARADISE ADAMS AND THE PRAYER OF LIBERTY."


MISSION SUMMARY:
"Father Paradise Adams works for a highly specialist and secret department of the Vatican called 'The Prayer of Liberty'. They work directly under the authority of the Pope himself and investigate supernatural and paranormal activity that affects the Holy Roman Church. But the good father's latest case may require some serious help from above and that can only mean a visit from Mr. Jericho Tibbs." 




"THE FOSTER - HUNLEY UNDERWATER WAR MACHINE."

MISSION SUMMARY:
“In June 1863, in Mobile Harbour, the US Navy supply ship ‘The Cornucopia’ was carrying vital food and water to the blockade ships in the bay. These ships of the Union Navy prevented supplies reaching the Confederate South and were a real threat to the Confederacy. But on the evening of the 23rd, the USS Cornucopia suddenly exploded and sank, killing over 70 men. Other ships reported seeing ‘something’ in the water just before the explosion. Jericho Tibbs is on scene because the ship should have survived the war intact and the men should have not died that day. The human timeline has changed dramatically, and Jericho needs to reset it: urgently.” 



"FREDERICK FISK'S FLYING MACHINE."

MISSION SUMMARY:
“On May 9th 1903 the English inventor Frederick Fisk wheels his ‘aircraft’ called ‘Hermes II’ into the brilliant early summer sunshine on fields outside his York home. He is watched by a small audience of friends and family as he climbs aboard his ‘flying machine’. According to the current time line the machine was to travel – on the ground – several hundred yards and burst into flames. But to everyone’s surprise – including Fredrick’s – it soars into the air and simply disappears into the clouds! Jericho Tibbs is quickly on scene because the future time line has changed dramatically and not in the best interests of humanity."   


"GILDA'S GRAVEYARD."

MISSION SUMMARY:
“A group of friends are hiking in Galloway Forest [Scotland] in the summer of 1966. They have come well equipped to camp out and have hired an experienced guide to ensure their holidays go well. Big David Devlin knows his way around these woods and loves the outdoor life. He has just returned home to Scotland after serving four years in the British Army. But nothing he saw on active service could really prepare him for the discovery made in these ancient woodlands. Jericho Tibbs and Team 74 are soon on scene because the little group has stumbled upon Gilda’s Graveyard.” 



“GUYANA’S GATEWAY TO THE FIRST EMPIRE OF MAN.”


MISSION SUMMARY:
“Maggie ‘Magpie’ McKenzie joined Professor Jacob Jackson’s expedition to the jungles of Guyana in the summer of 1990; she’s the official photographer to the expedition which will be cataloguing the rainforest’s inhabitants and plants. The team will follow in the footsteps of another expedition which is searching for the fabled lost tribe of Iwokrama who reside deep in the jungle. But there is third team in the jungle; Jericho Tibbs and Team 74 are on the case because the deep dark jungle hides an incredible secret which current humanity must never discover!” 





"THE HANGING BRIDE OF CEDAR HOUSE."

MISSION SUMMARY:
"In the late summer of 1812, the Harwood family is celebrating the wedding of its eldest son; Captain Peter Harwood of His Majesty's 4th (Queens Own) Regiment of Dragoons, to Miss Alice Chappell at their grand Cedar House: located in North Yorkshire. The young bride and groom return from the local Parish church of St. Mary's to a fine reception at the family home. But within an hour, the happy event has turned to bitter ashes and grief; the young bride has hung herself in their new bedroom. Jericho and Team 74 are dispatched to the tragic scene because this terrible event should never have happened!"



"THE HIDDEN."

MISSION SUMMARY: 
“A small group of tourists are trekking the Grand Canyon on horseback for a different holiday experience - they have two local guides and are camping out. They have been lucky with the weather; hot days and warm dry nights. But on the third day of the adventure, the situation changes dramatically and a huge and unexpected storm front moves in with heavy rain, thunder and lightning. They take shelter in some caves and find the entrance to a tunnel - apparently made by hand - and they decide to explore while sitting out the storm. But the tunnels were meant to be hidden...." 



"HIGGINS."


MISSION SUMMARY: 
“In May 1942, British Intelligence sent a small patrol of the elite ‘Special Boat Service’ [forerunners of the SAS] to reconnoitre the Islands around Rabaul which were under Japanese occupation. The Allies were seeking information about a small force of specialist Japanese scientists who had arrived in the Islands. With its close proximity to Papa New Guinea and Australia; the Allies needed to know what was going on. Lt. Commander Ross Dawson and ten men in a new ‘Higgins’s’ landing craft set out for the Islands. What happened on that secret mission brought Jericho Tibbs and Team 74 quickly on scene.” 


"HOAGY TREADWELL'S PROPHECY BLOG."


MISSION SUMMARY: 
"Hoagy Treadwell has a small conspiracy web site which also deals with the paranormal and supernatural. One of the forum's is about prophecy and a certain contributor - who calls himself the 'Black Soul Stealer' - has started to hit the nail on the head; he's getting it right on a grand scale. He's predicting earth wakes, floods, droughts, plane crashes and assassinations! When he gets the attempted murder of the US President correct, the Secret Service are on Hoagy's case. Mr. Tibbs is on his case too; because most of these predications should never have actually happened!"  



"THE HOLOGRAM IN THE ICE."

MISSION SUMMARY: 
"The crew and passengers of the cruise ship 'The SS Polar Star' visiting Antarctica in its summer months, for incredible sights and a very different holiday experience. On a warm night they witness the collapse of an ice sheet. One passenger yells out that a body is trapped in a piece of ice. Some brave members of the crew manage to retrieve the body and bring it on board. But this is no ordinary corpse; it’s a hard-light hologram and it’s from a completely different human existence!  Mr. Tibbs is sent to investigate." 


"HUMINES."

MISSION SUMMARY: 
“Humanity has created a race of AI robots to supply cheap labour to the major companies of the world. All is going well until one such entity called 'Admine' declares he has a soul! Scientists cannot prove or disprove his claim and he wins the legal case to be recognised as a person in his own right. The change to the robots circumstances causes social upheaval, but it becomes apparent they may be servants of the 'Dark Prince' and Jericho is ordered to investigate."






"IMPERIAL AIRWAYS FLIGHT No.23 FROM LONDON TO CARIO ARRIVES AT THE WRONG TIME."

MISSION SUMMARY: 
"On the 7th July 1936, Imperial Airways flight number 23 left London airport for a scheduled flight to Cairo. In clear weather and on a beautiful sunny day, the aircraft simply vanished. Despite an extensive search by both British and French governments: the plane was never found. The Eighteen people on board were assumed to have perished. But on September 14th 1989, Imperial Airways Flight No.23 attempted to land at Cairo International Airport, some 53 years too late...…" 




"IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF THE GOD'S."


MISSION SUMMARY: 
“Whilst jumping back to 16th century London, something goes terribly wrong and Team 74 find themselves in a strange world; it appears to be ancient Egypt; but long before the rule of the Pharaoh’s. They are amazed to find the ancient Egyptian God’s and Goddesses are apparently ruling ‘Kemet’ [ancient name for Egypt] and this is a very different world. The team must find a way back to their own time/place or be stuck in the strange world for eternity.”




"JACOBSON & FEALY (DECEASED.)"


MISSION SUMMARY: 
"Mr. Thomas Jacobson and Mr. Sylvester Fealy are the toast of the Edwardian Musical Hall's; their cheeky humour and slapstick comedy are a big hit with audiences all over the British Empire. They play to packed theatres, but in East London they draw the attention of the Local Detective Inspector, who realizes that young women keep disappearing where the pair perform. They also have the attention of Mr. Tibbs because souls are going missing where they perform. "




"JERICHO TIBBS AND THE GUNPOWDER PLOT."

MISSION SUMMARY: 
“On Tuesday 5th November 1605 King James I in company with his eldest son – Prince Henry – and Queen Anne attended the official opening of parliament in London. Within minutes the old palace of Westminster disappeared in a horrendous explosion. It killed the royal family and caused a firestorm that easily matched the ‘Great Fire of London in 1666’. It plunged England into chaos and civil war, with the young Prince Charles [James I second son] declared King Charles I some twenty years before it should have happened! The human time-line has changed drastically and Jericho has been tasked to restore it!”



"KING DAVID AND THE TEMPLE OF DARKNESS."

MISSION SUMMARY: 
"The famous and legendary King David of Israel is hunting in the northern deserts of Judea with his close friends and bodyguards. He IS the King of Biblical fame and a very important historical figure. But as the party moves deeper in the forbidding desert, his guides start to worry - the landscape appears to have changed - and then quite suddenly; they come upon a golden temple in a desert of nothing. One old man with a wooden staff stands guard and the Kings Nobles and friends think the temple is ripe for plundering. But this temple hides evil and Jericho is quickly on the scene to prevent changes to the human time line."



"L - 8."

MISSION SUMMARY: 
“On Sunday, August 16, 1942, a U.S. Navy blimp took off from Treasure Island in San Francisco Bay to search for enemy submarines. L-8 had a crew of two:  Lieutenant Ernest Dewitt Cody and Ensign Charles Ellis Adams were both Navy veterans, married and with exemplary service records. They never returned from the flight, but the airship did. Sagging in the middle and with no engine running, L-8 crashed in the middle of town and no trace of the crew was ever found. Jericho Tibbs must investigate as the two men’s souls are missing too.”



"LADY ISABELLA Du RONE."

MISSION SUMMARY: 
In the year of our Lord 1365AD King Edward III of England – secretly – knighted a woman! This was in thanks for various missions she carried out for the king and she apparently took her mother’s name [who was French in origin?] and plain Bella Rope became ‘Lady Isabella Du Rone.’ But this exceptional woman had quite a few secrets: she had been born in Thebes, capital of Ancient Egypt in 947BC! Now guided by the king’s mystic – old Geoffrey of York – she departs medieval London for early France [345AD to be exact] in search of the ‘élixir de mortalité’ which gives immortality! Jericho and team 74 are dispatched to ensure she doesn’t succeed….”


"THE LIGHTHOUSE."


MISSION SUMMARY: 
“In 1901 Edwardian London, Mister Jericho Tibbs is a successful defence lawyer, happily married to a beautiful young actress; Elizabeth Featherstone. But strange circumstances surrounding the disappearance of his equally beautiful sister-in-law; Doctor Alexandra Featherstone drags Jericho into the dark world of the supernatural, demons and time travel. What Jericho discovers changes his life and his death!”






"THE LOST LETTERS OF SIR CHABBERT CUMMLEY."

MISSION SUMMARY: 
“In the spring of 1992 the Royal archivist at Windsor castle discovered some papers from the early Tudor Period; from a a certain Sir Chabbert Cummley who appears to have been a confidant of both King Henry VII and his Queen, Elizabeth of York. They appear to be just correspondence between the Royals and their old friend. But two letters cause a sensation; they have burnt marks upon them and hint at a scandalous relationship with the Queen during late summer 1490.  The future King Henry VIII was born nine months later. Jericho is sent to investigate when the human time line starts to change radically…..”



"THE MALCONTENT MONK OF MOORLAND MONASTRY."

MISSION SUMMARY: 
"In the year 1404AD, the Benediction monastery of Moorland, in North Yorkshire is in spiritual chaos; Brother Owen is having visions of Jesus Christ - but not the Jesus Christ of Bible fame - but one from the future! He is receiving visions of the second coming of Christ and the new 'Jesus' is nothing like his old self. Father Richard, the father confessor to the monastery, is so troubled by Owens’s visions that he calls upon the Holy Inquisition to investigate. Inspector ‘Doc’ Underhill is on the scene because the current human time line is under threat of change; Brother Owen should never have been a Monk!"


"McALISTAIRS'S MONKEY PUZZLE."


MISSION SUMMARY: 
“In winter 1917, Senior Archaeologist Caleb McAlister had been tasked to look after the ancient tombs at El-Sharma in southern Egypt. His task is not an easy one; the First World War is in full swing and there’s fighting in the deserts between the Turkish and Allied forces. But his native diggers bring news of a new tomb discovered in the desert with strange wall paintings and so he [and his assistants] head out to the discovery. It also brings Jericho Tibbs on scene.”





"MISS MARGARET CHANDLER'S SCHOOL NOTEBOOK OF PREDICTIONS."

MISSION SUMMARY: 
“The modest Secondary School of Great Montfort is about to celebrate its Centennial year and the local Museum is organising an exhibition of its first hundred years. The young Curator has amassed lots of objects, photographs and stories about the school, it pupils and teachers. But one young girls note book from 1905 is about to cause an absolute sensation; it appears that young Miss Margaret Chandler predicted the future [a hundred years on] so precisely, it causes sensations around the world! Jericho and the team are sent to investigate because there is no record of the girl!"



"THE NAKED TIME TRAVELLER."

MISSION SUMMARY: 
 “On a wet Wednesday afternoon in the small village of Carlton, in North Essex, police are called to a bizarre incident at a long derelict old house which sits at the village crossroads. A young woman has been found wandering around the building and grounds; stark naked. She claims her name is Abigail Costner and she lives in the house with her family. The only problem is that house has been empty and abandoned for over fifty years! Jericho Tibbs is on scene because Miss Costner is a missing soul who should have died in 1910….”




"THE NEW HELLFIRE CLUB."

MISSION SUMMARY: 
"In the spring of 1982 Britain is at war with Argentina over the Falkland Islands and Margaret Thatcher is Prime Minister. In the quiet backwaters of a Yorkshire Village, there is a derelict old church that has just been purchased for cash by a strange individual called 'Solomon Bundy’. He transforms the place into a club for people with a taste for sex and strange supranational happenings; it is the New Hellfire Club. But when there are breeches in the Time Line and souls go missing; Jericho and Team 74 are sent to investigate."



"NOAH WASHINGTON: THE TIME HONOURED MAN."

MISSION SUMMARY: 
 “In 1952 the Korean War is in its second year, Queen Elizabeth II has just come to the British throne and Harry S. Truman is president of the USA. America is segregated and the civil rights movement is in its infancy. But for Noah Washington that’s all irrelevant; he’s embarking on a long cherished motor cycle ride down the west coast of America. He draws a lot of attention being a young black man on a motorcycle; some of it not very welcome. But he starts his journey in San Francisco and heads down the Pacific Highway, where he ends up brings Jericho and team 74 on the case. Noah is definitely not where he should be!”  


"NOSTRADAMUS' NEAPOLITAN NIGHTMARE."

MISSION SUMMARY: 
"In 1535AD the practically unknown [as yet] Physician Michel de Nostredame is visiting the Italian State of Naples. His young wife and two children died of the plague the previous year and so he broods in his friend’s house. But the young man is gripped with a recurring nightmare and he puts pen to parchment. His new predictions will shock the world, but Jericho and Team 74 are on scene because these predictions should never have been written!" 




"OLIVIA EDWARDS TAKES ONE TIME AT A TIME."

MISSION SUMMARY: 
“Miss Olivia Edwards has completed her university course and has travelled to North Turning – a small town in North Yorkshire – to start her career reaching history. She has rented a small cottage outside town with a strange history and moves in alone. Whilst shifting furniture, she accidently damages a large walk-in cupboard and watches in horror as her cat – Austin – disappears inside; she follows and finds that the pair has arrived in a very different place….and time!”





"OSKAR OLSSON."

MISSION SUMMARY: 
“In May 1858, young Oskar Olsson is informed that his estranged grandfather has died, and he has inherited ‘Crown House & Plantation’ in Mississippi. So he travels from Boston and arrives at the impressive house and grounds, welcomed warmly by the staff that hasn’t seen him since he was a boy. But at the far end of the extensive grounds, stands a foreboding stone house, seeped in horror, legends and fear. ‘The Slave House’ has stood for almost a century and its history is soaked with death, torture and horror beyond belief. And Oskar finds that some horrors simply will not go away…..” 


"THE OTHER DYATIOY PASS INCIDENT."

MISSION SUMMARY: 
“Nearly everyone knows about the 1959 incident at Kholat Syakhi in the northern Ural Mountains, in then, Soviet Russia. It has become known as the ‘Dyatloy Pass Incident.’ But few know about the strange incident in 1939 just thirty miles from that tragic place. Four members of a Geology Expedition simply vanished from their campsite and despite a huge search; no trace of them was ever discovered. Jericho and Team 74 are now on scene because no souls were recovered.”




"PILGRIM'S WALK."

MISSION SUMMARY: 
"Young Alphas Geddes has had enough of living in poverty and fear, in his war torn homeland and decides to attempt the perilous journey to the land that his grandfather always spoke about; Scotland. So, with two friends, he sets off to fulfil his dreams. But the friend’s journey is far more dangerous than they could ever imagine because their long walk inspires others to join them; Millions of them! Thus the huge crowd heads for Europe to a very hostile welcome. Jericho and Team 74 are dispatched because 'Ale' and his mates should never have made the trip!" 



"POMPEII."

MISSION SUMMARY: 
"Professor Leonardo Ricci is responsible for archaeologists working in the famous 'lost' city of Pompeii and in 2021 his team unearth the remains of a small house at the edge of the city, which had a slave room for servants. They find three bodies - now fossilized from the ash of the eruption in 79AD - and hand the remains over to Doctor Philippe Parks, an American scientist, who is cataloguing the preserved bodies found in the city. But after the bodies are x-rayed, there is some confusion amongst the scientific community; one of the bodies appears to have several amalgam fillings; not invented until the 1800's! Jericho is sent to rectify the situation." 


"THE POPE PLAYS PLANCHETTE."

MISSION SUMMARY: 
"In August 1978 Rome elected its new Pope; John Paul I. The former cardinal was immediately well liked and accepted by Catholics everywhere. But just 33 days later the new Pope was dead. His sudden death was announced as a heart attack but few knew about the little party held just before his death and a certain game of Planchette played at midnight. Jericho is on scene because the time line has changed dramatically; the Pope still lives because he heeded the message from the ‘other side’. Jericho needs – urgently – to restore the time line."




"THE PRESIDENT'S POLTERGIEST PROBLEM."


MISSION SUMMARY: 
“In February 1841, the new US President moves into the White House at the start of his presidency. But amongst his luggage and personal possessions is something that is not really wanted; a poltergeist! The new president’s security people have no idea how to deal with this little problem, so they call upon Professor Dwight Doubtsure – a so called paranormal expert - from Boston College. He has real assistance on the way; Jericho and Team 74 are also on the case.”





"THE PROHIBITION ANGEL."

MISSION SUMMARY: 
“Chicago, 1929 and the streets are running with blood and booze as rival gangs fight each other and the Police, for control of the illicit alcohol trade. Into this bloody mess appears Miss Angelia Chance; beautiful, ruthless and deadly. She quickly establishes her own gang and rivals start to disappear at an alarming rate. Now called the 'Prohibition Angel' by the FBI, she's America's No.1 Wanted woman. Jericho Tibbs is also on her case; is she a 'Dark Angel' for the 'Dark Prince'?" 





"THE PURSUIT OF PARKER PRICE."

MISSION SUMMARY: 
“Doctor Parker Price has worked for ‘Standfast Pharmaceutical’s’ for nearly nine years in their Research and Development Laboratory working on her dream; an universal cure for all forms of Diabetes. In the warm spring of 2012 she makes a mistake – a rare event for the ultra cautious woman – and suddenly realizes she has discovered what she has been searching for. But the huge multinational company is very reluctant to produce or distribute the ‘miracle vaccine’. Suddenly Parker finds that she and her formula are under threat and she goes on the run as her car explodes, her house is burnt down and she receives Anthrax spores through the post! Jericho is on scene because the discovery should never have been made!”


"THE REDEMPTION (ALMOST) OF PRIVATE JOHN HOOK."

MISSION SUMMARY: 
"On December 18th 1941, the Imperial Japanese Army invaded the British Crown colony of Hong Kong and with their policy of 'TOTAL WAR' they committed terrible acts of slaughter and rape against British soldiers and civilians. A small band of English soldiers, accompanied by three army nurses escaped into the jungle to rendezvous with an Australian submarine off the coast. A condemned prisoner was also taken with them; Private John Hook. Jericho and his team are dispatched because what John Hook did on that desperate journey, should never have happened!"



"REGRESSION."

MISSION SUMMARY: 
"In the spring of 1974, Steve Markham is at Rutland University reading History. But he also belongs to a student group that's investigating 'NDE's' [Near Death Experiences] and is persuaded by a visiting professor, who is a talented hypnotist, to try 'Regression'. Believing it to be relevant to his current studies, Steve agrees to try it. He appears to be a good subject; except under hypnotism he starts to talk about a future life and not one from the past!"




"SALEM HOUSE HOTEL."

MISSION SUMMARY: 
"Jericho and the team are back in Yorkshire, England in 1979, returning to Salem House. The old house has been renovated by its shrewd owner - Patrick Well's - into a luxury country hotel. But its renovation is troubled by strange accidents and incidents. The old house has always had a sinister reputation and now three people have died there; without a single soul collected. Jericho is tasked to discover what's going on at the mysterious old house."






"THE SECRET SOCIETY OF SIR SILAS SMOLLETT."

MISSION SUMMARY: 
"Jericho and the team are in London, in the year 1790, investigating a strange young man called Sir Silas Smollett and his circle of friends who call themselves ‘The Plumstead Privateers’. It appears the group is plotting to end the French Revolution and restore King Louis XVI to the throne. At first it was thought they were just a ‘drinking club’ for bored gentleman but young Smollett has seriously started raising money for the project and gains the backing of King George III and suddenly the time-line is under serious threat. Jericho must infiltrate the secret society and put an end to their plans.”



"SECOND DAWN AT PEARL HARBOUR."

MISSION SUMMARY: 
“On 4th December 1941 the Timeline was breached by two humans traveling from 1989 to the island of Oahu, Hawaii, west of Honolulu. With the infamous attack on Pearl Harbour just three days away, Jericho and his team are dispatched to ensure the current Timeline remains unaltered. What they discover is an audacious plan to change the history of the world by two very determined and dangerous individuals. Jericho knows he must stop them and so the team arrive on Oahu with just three days to prevent major changes to humanities history.”



"SIX MILES DOWN."

MISSION SUMMARY: 
"In the spring of 2028, Doctor Miles Liebermann is heading for the Challenger Deep, in the Mariana Trench, which is the deepest known point in Earth's oceans. His team will commence the maiden dive of their experimental deep sea submersible; 'The Cousteau' soon as the surface weather improves for their ‘Mother’ ship. They will be diving some 10,994 meters (36,070 feet) below sea level: roughly, some six miles down. Mr. Tibbs is on the case because humans are really not welcome there....." 




"THE SUNDAY ASSASSINS."

MISSION SUMMARY: 
On 13th March 1881, Tsar Alexander II, Emperor of all Russia was travelling back to the Winter Palace in Saint Petersburg when – according to the current Human Timeline – he was brutally assassinated by bombs thrown at his carriage, then himself. But Jericho and Team 74 are now in Saint Petersburg some days before that dreadful act because something has gone wrong with recorded history. It appears that the emperor walked away from the explosions without a scratch! Jericho needs to get history back on track: and fast.”



"TIME TRAP."

MISSION SUMMARY: 
“Major Katherine Carlisle is nervous and full of apprehension; but utterly overjoyed. She has completed all her training and now will achieve her greatest ambition. She will join the crew of the ISS [International Space station] as their medical officer. So on March 17th 2028 she is launched into space with three other replacements to the low orbit station. The craft doesn’t make it; something has gone wrong and the space ferry is forced to make a crash landing. Katherine is the only survivor and finds that the world she left no longer exists….”



"THE TOYSHOP ANGEL."

MISSION SUMMARY: 
"In the back streets of Edinburgh's old town, is a small parade of shops; but one old shop is quite famous amongst the residents of that city - 'Queen's Toy Shop' has been part of the old city since 1824 and is most loved by the children. It's also home to a very famous figure; 'Queenie' - The Toyshop Angel. A beautiful Angel doll that sits upon a small silver pedestal at the rear of the shop and every child knows that 'Queenie' can make children's wishes come true - if they are really, really good. At Christmas in 1916, Mr. Tibbs is dispatched because a young child made the most terrible and sad wish the angel ever heard and it came true..."


"THE TSAR WHO NEVER WAS."

MISSION SUMMARY: 
"April 1865, Nice - France.
The young Russian Tsarevich Nicholas [Heir to the Imperial Russian Throne] lays dying in Villa Bermont, his death will allow his autocratic brother Alexander [Tsar Alexander III] to become Tsar and in turn produce the ill-fated Tsar Nichols II. But a strange Doctor has appeared upon the scene and he may be able to save the young man's life, and in doing so, completely change the history of the world. Mr. Tibbs is sent to investigate."



"THE TUNNEL THAT LOST TIME."

MISSION SUMMARY: 
"A small party of young people is messing about with a barge boat on a tributary River in Somerset. They have booked the boat for the August Bank Holiday weekend and it’s been loaded with booze and snacks - they intend to eat out - so no-one is stuck with any cooking. But on a warm Friday evening in August 2010, the 'Salamander II' enters the old Regency tunnel under Cleveland House and emerges in the summer of 1810. Jericho is sent to ensure that 'Souls out of time' are not lost to the 'Dark Prince'."



"TWENTY FOUR HOURS IN DALLAS."

MISSION SUMMARY: 
"On November 21st 1963, in Dallas Texas, a certain Lee Harvey Oswald is arrested for firearm offences and refused bail, which means he will miss the historic Book Depository shooting, the following day. The Human Time-Line is now under serious threat and Jericho is dispatched at once to sort the problem out and get human history back on track and he has just twenty-four hours to do it!"




"UB-44 AND THE BATTLE FOR ATLANTIS."

MISSION SUMMARY: 
"In late summer 1916, the Imperial German Submarine U-44 is on patrol in the warm Mediterranean looking for allied shipping to attack. But whilst on the surface one warm afternoon the Conning Tower crew report to Captain Franz Wager that an unknown object has fallen from the sky. It had gone into the sea about twenty Kilometres from the submarine. He orders the boat to investigate and that brings Jericho Tibbs on the scene."





"UNDER THE BLACK BANNER."

MISSION SUMMARY: 
“In the dreadfully hot summer of 1514AH, Jericho and team 74 are dispatched to the almost deserted city of Ruul (formally London) to solve the mystery, of several souls who have gone missing, from a water processing station. They find few living humans and the rule of Islam everywhere. Ruul (London) is now a Muslim Free State City and they find little co-operation from the religiously devout people. Nevertheless, more souls are vanishing and they must get the strange case solved.”





"UNKNOWN NUMBER."

MISSION SUMMARY: 
"Old Lester Lightfoot hears a disturbance outside the front of his house one night and upon investigation finds that someone has thrown a broken mobile phone into his front garden. It has no battery or Sim card and Lester tosses it on his hall table to dispose of properly in the morning. But at Midnight the phone starts ringing and the dead are apparently calling!"




"THE VANISHING TRIBE OF SPIRIT MOUNTAIN."

MISSION SUMMARY: 
"Members of the Arapaho tribe are disappearing from the reservation on Spirit Mountain, they are simply vanishing and the local Sherriff has no idea what's happening. But when one of the missing tribe appears on the Highway, almost a year later, with no memory of anything and dozens of old Spanish gold coins in his pockets; people are now taking an interest in the strange case; including Mr. Tibbs."






"THE VISIONS OF FANNY MARSDEN."

MISSION SUMMARY: 
“A small team from Rutland University is clearing the archives from the soon to be demolished offices, of a long defunct local newspaper: ‘The Northern Yorkshire Chronicle’ and digitizing what they find for future generations. They discover several copies from the summer of 1790 that carry a story concerning a local young woman; Miss Fanny Marsden who apparently was seized with visions of the future. But what is reported causes an absolute sensation; it appears that Fanny saw Britain nearly 250 years into the future and what she saw was coming true! Jericho and Team 74 is quickly dispatched to discover what happened.”



"WALKING IN THE SAND WITH GRANDFATHER'S GHOST."

MISSION SUMMARY: 
“In 1990 Archaeologist Cole Vernon and his small team scratch a living in Cairo showing wealthy tourists private tours of ancient Egypt’s wonders: they basically live from hand to mouth, working from a ramshackle former school house on the outskirts of the great city. Then an old man visits the hard up archaeologists clutching a faded old notebook and telling an incredible story of lost gold, an underground city of the dead, mad monks and bloody Nazi’s from 1942. Jericho Tibbs is quickly on scene and Team 74 find themselves following in the heroic footsteps of a ghost patrol from the famed Long Range Desert Group!”



"THE WEB-CAM MYSTERY."

MISSION SUMMARY: 
 “In the winter of 2022, the latest internet craze was watching men and women have sex on webcams and awarding them money for their efforts! But one young lady - Ellen Sunoco - has created quite an audience doing the opposite. Her daily two-hour show is quite a hit, with her just 'teasing' the viewers. But one morning something goes quite wrong: she goes off camera to change an outfit and never returns to her show. Finally worried fans contact the company and to the viewer’s amazement and horror, several of the building staff break into the small studio room and find that Ellen has vanished from a locked room [the key was still in the lock, on the inside] which has no windows or other doors and was on live camera the whole time! Jericho Tibbs is also on site because Ellen's soul has gone missing too."


"THE WITCH DOCTOR OF 47th EAST STREET."

MISSION SUMMARY: 
"There's a very strange - and colourful - shop on 47th East Street in New York City and it’s the home and workplace of  mister Ekaf Remrofrep; apparently a real life witch doctor! He'll cast's spells [good and bad; depending on how much you want to pay] drives away evil spirits and demons. He council's your births, marriages and deaths; he's there for troubled spirits and he makes some good money doing it. But Jericho Tibbs is now on his case because Ekaf's casting out of a demon actually worked....with disastrous results."



"THE WRECK OF THE ELIZABETH DOWNES."

MISSION SUMMARY: 
"On September 13th 1891, the sailing ship 'The Elizabeth Downes' was wrecked off the coast of North Scotland during a strange and sudden storm. There were several survivors who escaped in the ships longboat and made it to landfall. The survivors slowly began to realise that maybe, they were no longer in 1891. Jericho Tibbs and his team are on the scene because a passenger off the ill-fated ship wasn't even supposed to be on board and is a VERY important historical figure; the Time-Line could now be under serious threat."



"X NEVER MARKS THE SPOT!"

MISSION SUMMARY: 
“Young Steve Paget is a loner: he works for himself illustrating books and working ‘freelance’ for some advertising agencies drawing and painting advertisements for papers and magazines. He is wonderfully talented but shy and a little afraid of the world and the people in it. That is until he receives a parcel from his late Uncle’s solicitors containing what the old man has bequeathed to him. It’s an old music box with a watch, compass and treasure map with ‘X’ marking the spot! Within the week Steve is on the trail of his late Uncle’s ‘treasure’ but in doing so, brings Jericho Tibbs and team 74 on scene!”


"YESTERDAY'S WOMAN."

MISSION SUMMARY: 
“In 1778 the American Colonies were in full revolt against British rule and Mistress Alice Cosgrave of Boston was supporting the rebels as best she could; by spying on English officers and troop movements pretending to be a loyalist to the crown. But what she discovers about a certain English Calvary Officer brings Jericho Tibbs and team 74 onto the scene. Someone is about to change history and Jericho is ordered to maintain the current time line by any means!”

 




"ZEUS WALKER AND THE FUTURE TOMB OF CHRIST."

MISSION SUMMARY: 
"In 2029 the underwater exploration expert and adventurer ‘Zeus’ Alexander Walker is leading a dive in the Gulf of America [formally Gulf of Mexico.] An ancient map has come into his possession – it apparently – shows the location of an ancient King’s tomb, now deep under water. But what ‘Zeus’ discovers is something of far greater importance than a mere Aztec’s King’s lost tomb. Jericho Tibbs and Team 74 are now on scene because the current Human Time Line is seriously threatened.”




"THE ZULU - ALPHA BUNKER."

MISSION SUMMARY: 
"In the year 2098, scientists are working on project 'Cenotaph' deep below the earth, in an old Nuclear Shelter bunker complex. They are resurrecting the cryogenically frozen dead from over a century ago and restoring them to life. But something is very wrong; the revived dead are not the people they once were! But Jericho suspects the 'Dark Prince' may be involved here."

























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