The Last Encore

Thalia Rahman preferred history to people. Working quietly in the archives beneath a London museum was predictable, organised, and safe-exactly how she liked her life.

Then one night she finds a man in the restricted storage room.

A man who looks exactly like Michael Jackson.

Not an impersonator. Not a conspiracy theorist. The real Michael Jackson. Alive, terrified, and with almost no memory of what happened after 2009.

At first, Thalia is convinced she's losing her mind.

But when strange files begin disappearing from the archives, anonymous phone calls start following her home, and evidence surfaces linking her late brother to a secret project known only as Encore, she realises something far bigger is happening.

Now Thalia, Michael, her chaotic roommate Lily, an eccentric tech archivist named Josh, and an increasingly stressed Chris Tucker are thrown into a dangerous search for the truth. One involving hidden facilities, stolen records, archive break in, fake identities, and a conspiracy powerful enough to erase people completely.

The problem?

None of them are remotely qualified for any of this.

Especially not Michael, who keeps accidentally using his real name during undercover missions.

Funny, emotional, mysterious, and occasionally unhinged, this story explores grief, friendship, found family, and what it means to finally be seen as a person instead of an icon.

And somewhere beneath all the chaos lies one impossible question:

What if the world's most famous ghost never died at all?