Manchester, United Kingdom May 6, 2025 (Issuewire.com) - Let’s be honest—Scott Macarthur isn’t exactly winning at life. He’s a council toilet cleaner. Freelance. Living in a shopping trolley. His wife left him for his best mate. It’s not going great.
But maybe, just maybe, things are about to get weird enough to be interesting.
The Marvellous Adventures of Flashrat throws readers into a chaotic mess of bad choices, worse hygiene, and something that sort of looks like heroism. Maybe. You control the story. That means you’re the one making the calls that determine whether Scott rises from the bottom of the barrel… or just digs deeper.
This is a Choose Your Own Downfall. You heard that right. Not one of those glossy “you’re a wizard now” deals. This one has broken dreams, suspicious liquids, and very little dignity. Your guide? A possible crime-fighting rodent named Flashrat. Who may or may not be real. Who may or may not be a drunk hallucination. The jury’s out.
Is Scott becoming a superhero? Or is he losing it entirely? You decide whether he faces off against international spies, shady cobblers, the Brotherhood of the Bogbrush (don’t ask), and several people who definitely want him dead. You also decide if he gets back with his wife. Or gets revenge. Or gets buried.
There are romantic turns. Violent ones. Some that are just plain strange. It’s not a clean story, and it’s not for kids.
You’ll find evil scientists, the KGB, something that might be a werewolf, and secret microfilms. There’s also blue liquid. No one knows what it is. Scott drank it anyway. Each choice pushes the chaos forward. Some paths end quickly. Others go out in style—if you can call catching Salmonella “style.”
And yes, the humour is dark. Not cute-dark. Not wink-wink dark. We’re talking “oh wow, did they really write that?” kind of dark. It’s not going to teach you life lessons. But it might make you laugh a little too hard at a man falling into a bin. Again.
JD BARDI brings you a book that is part comedy, part breakdown, and mostly bad ideas. The fun kind.
The Marvellous Adventures of Flashrat is available now. Probably not in your local store, unless they have questionable taste. But it’s out there. So if you’re tired of perfect heroes and neat endings, this one’s for you. Just don’t drink anything blue. You’ve been warned.
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