Short Synopsis
Victorian enquiry agent Cyrus Barker and his young assistant Thomas Llewelyn, first introduced in Will Thomas's critically acclaimed debut novel, Some Danger Involved, are back with a new mission in To Kingdom Come.

Full Synopsis
When a bomb destroys the Special Irish Branch of Scotland Yard, all fingers point to the increasingly brazen factions of Irish dissidents seeking liberation from English rule. Volunteering their services to the British government, Cyrus Barker and Thomas Llewelyn set out to infiltrate a secret cell of the Irish Republican Brotherhood known as the Invisibles. Posing as a reclusive German bomb maker and his anarchist apprentice, they are recruited for the group's ultimate plan: to bring London to its knees and end the monarchy forever.

Their adventures take them from an abandoned lighthouse on the craggy coast of Wales to the City of Light, where Llewelyn goes undercover with Maire O'Casey, the alluring sister of an Irish radical. Llewelyn again finds himself put to the test by his enigmatic employer as he is schooled in the deadly science of bomb making.

Fraught with explosives, secret initiations, and vicious stick fights, and featuring historical figures such as Charles Parnell and W. B. Yeats, To Kingdom Come is a riveting sequel to Some Danger Involved.

"[Barker and Llewelyn] make a good team and it will be interesting to see what happens next." ---Books, Movies, Reviews! Oh My!

"A successful blend of fiction and fact, this is--as expected--expertly researched and skillfully plotted, with satisfying amounts of emotion (with a growing friendship between Barker and Llewelyn) and suspense." ---Library Journal

"[A] fast-paced, cleanly written follow-up to Some Danger Involved . . . The action unfolds briskly, and Llewelyn's voice should appeal to boys of all ages." ---Publishers Weekly

"Thomas places his cast of likable even heroic characters within a complex political minefield and then waits for the explosion. Intense and insightful." ---Booklist