This book is a collection of interconnected stories that focuses on the adventure of a German spy, Heine. During WWI, the hapless Heine is attempting to be a good German spy in the United Kingdom. However, luck and circumstance are not on his side. Every adventure goes wrong for this intrepid spy. The book contains the following stories: Alexander and the Lady - The Man Who Dwelt on a Hill - The Lovely Miss Harrymore - The Affair of Mister Haynes - The Man from the Stars - The Affair of the Allied Conference - The Word of a Prince - The Jermyn Credit Bank - Mr. Collingrey, M.P., Pacifist - The Grey Envelope - The Murderers - The Passing of Heine - The U-Boat Adventure - Brethren of the Order - The World Dictator - The Syren - The Coming of the Bolsheviks - The Going of Heine.