Tom Irwin

L'histoire de John Cassidy, un garçon tapageur qui creuse des fossés pour faire vivre sa mère et sa soeur. Le peu de temps qui lui reste, il le passe en s'impliquant dans le mouvement révolutionnaire irlandais contre l'occupant britannique et en faisant la cour à la belle Daisy Battles, ou à la timide bibliothéquaire Nora...

Thomas Crimmins is a new warder, or guard, in an Irish prison. He is young, naive, and idealistic, determined to serve his country by his part in meting out justice to criminals. His superior, Regan, however, realizes that even prisoners are human beings, and Regan is sick of the eye-for-an-eye attitude that leads the state to execute condemned men, or "quare fellows." Crimmins begins to see that not all is black and white in his new world, and when he becomes involved with Kathleen, the wife of one of the condemned men, his attitude begins to change. When new evidence arises to suggest that Kathleen's husband may not deserve his fate, Crimmins is torn between his duty and his humanity.

Katie, the 14-year-old daughter of a travelling family, is left in charge of an ailing mother and her nine brothers and sisters in Dublin whilst her father is in England seeking his fortune.

Sur les ordres de Mackintosh, le chef du contre-espionnage, Rearden vole un lot de diamants. Dénoncé, il est arrêté et condamné à 20 ans de réclusion. Mais un groupe occulte, les Scarperers, organise son évasion, et celle de Slade, un agent de l'Est. Les deux fuyards sont placés sous bonne garde dans une demeure en Irlande. Rearden parvient à s'enfuir. Les Scarperers se lancent alors à sa poursuite. Ils connaissent maintenant la réelle mission de l'agent...