Harry Crow is feeding the ducks when he's interrupted by the most boring archaeologist in the world, Michael Doyle. Despite his deeply forgettable face Doyle has been cursed to transform into Kurpannga, the Devil Dingo, awful Harbinger of the Apocalypse.
The transformation is almost certainly unstoppable - but also very, very slow. Crow and Dunning have just twelve months to reverse the curse and save the world. They must journey into the Dreamtime, confront the Ancient Ones and visit the terrifying and badly-lit Temple of Kurpannga, stopping only for a couple of pints at the Chandos.