Deze spannende serie volgt de avonturen van een dappere Amerikaanse oorlogscorrespondent en spion te midden van de turbulente gebeurtenissen van de Eerste Wereldoorlog. De protagonist bevindt zich in het hart van het conflict, waar hij dodelijke gevaren en complexe morele dilemma's trotseert. Elk deel brengt nieuwe intriges, spanning en een kijkje in de clandestiene wereld van spionage, gesitueerd tegen een historisch rijke achtergrond.
Christopher Marlowe ("Kit") Cobb, an American war correspondent reporting on World War I, has been tasked to follow a man named Brauer, a German intellectual and possible covert SS agent, into perilous waters aboard the ship Lusitania, as the man is believed to hold information vital to the war effort. Aboard the Lusitania on its fateful voyage, Cobb becomes smitten with famed actress Selene Bourgani, who for some reason appears to be working with German Intelligence
Autumn 1915. The First World War is raging across Europe. Woodrow Wilson has kept Americans out of the trenches, although that hasn't stopped young men and women from crossing the Atlantic to volunteer at the front. Christopher Marlowe 'Kit' Cobb, a Chicago reporter and undercover agent for the US government is in Paris when he meets an enigmatic nurse called Louise. Officially in the city for a story about American ambulance drivers, Cobb is grateful for the opportunity to get to know her but soon his intelligence handler, James Polk Trask, extends his mission.