For years the Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences has enjoyed the favor of Her Majesty the Queen But even the oldest loyalties can turn in a momentHaving narrowly escaped the electrifying machinations of Thomas Edison Books and Braun are looking forward to a relaxing and possibly romantic voyage home But when Brauns emergency signal goes off all thoughts of recreation vanish Brauns street-wise team of child informants the Ministry Seven is in grave peril and Books and Braun must return to England immediatelyBut when the intrepid agents finally arrive in London the situation is even more dire than they imagined The Ministry has been disavowed and the Department of Imperial Inconveniences has been called in to decommission its agents in a most deadly fashion The plan reeks of the Maestros dastardly scheming Only this time he has a dangerous new allya duplicitous doctor whose pernicious poisons have infected the highest levels of society reaching even the Queen herselfFrom the Paperback edition.
