To Kingdom Come A Novel [Paperback]

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

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, Barker and 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 Comeis a riveting sequel toSome Danger Involved.Discussion Guide
1. During the opening sequence in the prologue, our narrator is in the process of drowning, which we learn is because of an attempt on his life. How does this set the tone for the rest ofTo Kingdom Come? Do you believe that the narrator will ultimately survive?
2. What do we learn about our narrator, Thomas Llewelyn, within the first few chapters? What else do we learn about Thomas as the narrative progresses? We never learn why he was imprisoned, why Cyrus Barker hired him, or why Thomas is not in touch with his family. How does that affect the way you feel about Thomas as a narrator of this story? Does it make you want to read more andl#i