Welcome to the Middle East Famous British archeologist Simon Birch has disappeared, taking with him the fabled Tablet of Destines, stolen from young inventor Frank Rude, Jr. With his companions Charlie Bull, Inanna Rude, Denver Doll and orphans PS and Kurt aboard his airship Thunderbird, Frank races through Egypt and the Arabian peninsula to fabled Eridu, the navel of the world. Will he be able to stop Birch from unleashing the tablet's deadly secrets? And will British super spy Jean Ember Myth help them retrieve the tablet, or keep it for herself?