Henry is in a rented house on holiday in Africa when a family of two aardvarks move into his garden. But then the aardvarks get stolen. While Henry was watching. Henry and his friend Steve go to save George, Mrs Latin and the other 300 aardvarks, but meet difficulties such as snipers and an evil scheme to kill lots of people. In the process of saving the aardvarks, Henry and Steve must fight a man using no weapons, drink tea, escape a building with armed guards and fight in a modern battle. With guns and bombs and everything.