Time is running out for Thomas Culpepper - he must become a spymaster, and fast.

A murdered mother, missing father, and a plot to overthrow the Queen.

Rescued and recruited by a mysterious spymaster, 14-year-old Thomas is thrust into the villainous world of Elizabethan espionage. Thomas must join the front line in this hidden war, fighting in the shadows, doing battle with double agents, and outwitting a circle of enemies as it closes in around him. But when his impossible mission merges with his own family mystery, Thomas begins to question the reasons behind his unlikely apprenticeship and the motivation of the mysterious spymaster he now serves.

The fate of England rests on a knife-edge. If the queen is killed, thousands more will die alongside her. Can Thomas infiltrate the traitorous network in time? And will his new skills as a spy finally help him learn the truth about his murdered mother and missing father?

The first book in the Culpepper Chronicles series, Thomas Culpepper: The Spymaster's Apprentice, is a pause-resisting adventure of thrills, treachery, and treason.

Journey with Thomas on this adrenaline-filled quest, as he rises from the lowly life of a homeless vagabond to apprentice of the queen's spymaster - all whilst uncovering secret messages, decoding complex ciphers, and dodging death, as the plotters he seeks to expose close in around him.