They say you shouldn't push your luck. Max gives her own luck a massive shove every day - and it's only a matter of time until luck pushes back...January 1536 - the day of Henry VIII's infamous jousting accident. Historians from St Mary's are there in force, recording and documenting. And, arguing -obviously.A chance meeting between Max and the Time Police leads to a plan of action. And, it's one that will have very serious consequences - especially for Max. Her private life is already more than a little rocky. But with Leon recovering and Matthew safe in the future there will never be a better opportunity to bring down Clive Ronan, once and for all.From Tudor England to the burning city of Persepolis - and from a medieval siege to a very nasty case of 19thcentury incarceration - Max is determined that this time, he will not escape.

The genre-blending series and its cast of historian time-travellers returns with this ninth instalment, which sets out with Max considering the opportune moment to bring down Clive Ronan once and for all, in the aftermath of Henry VIII's infamous jousting accident.