It is 1917, and the United States is still wavering on the brink of war. At an elite intelligence meeting, Kit's handlers pair him up with someone he would never have expected-his mother. There's a German mole somewhere in the British government, and the most likely suspect happens to be a diehard fan of a famous American theater actress. Disguised as a German-American reporter, Kit follows his mother and her escort Sir Albert Stockman from London into the lion's den of Berlin.