FEAR NOT THE STORM: The Story of Tom Cullen, An Irish Revolutionary

FEAR NOT THE STORM: The Story of Tom Cullen, An Irish Revolutionary is a true-life novel, a gently fictionalised biography, about an obscure young man who became part of Ireland's leadership as it struggled for freedom from British rule in the early years of the twentieth century. Cullen's baptism of fire occured while serving as a young Irish Volunteer during Dublin's 1916 Easter Uprising. After his arrest, internment and finally his release, he returned to Dublin and embarked upon a life full of danger and intrigue. Serving as one of Michael Collins's intelligence officers, Tom matched wits with some of Britain's most dangerous spies and ruthless assassins. Later, after the Truce, this West Wicklow man became Collins's bodyguard, confident and a major-general in Ireland's new Free State army. Indeed, Irish independence could not have been achieved without the sacrifices of such 'behind-the-scenes' individuals such as Tom Cullen. Cathal Liam's new book pays tribute to Tom and his life so richly lived.