Reilly, Ace of Spies

1901: Spy Sigmund Rosenblum is detained by Russian authorities, accused of stealing confidential oil surveys. When he escapes from custody, he leaves the young wife of an elderly vicar in a scandalous situation.

1904: Sidney Reilly passes information that enables the Japanese Fleet to sink the Russian Pacific Squadron, setting off the Russo-Japanese War.

1905: Reilly undertakes a mission to obtain the plans of a naval gun from a German armaments factory. But when the operation is at risk of being exposed, Reilly must make some hard choices.

1906: In France, Sidney Reilly finds himself in competition with the Rothschilds to buy Edward D'Arcy's Persian Oil concessions. Reilly meets up with his half-sister, Anna, in Paris while trying to track down his missing wife.

On a mission to St Petersburg, Reilly investigates a deal for German shipyards to rebuild the Russian navy.

1910: Reilly angles to win the weapons contract with a complicated plan involving seduction and bribery. Unfortunately, his wife's reappearance threatens to ruin everything.

1918: Reilly heads to Moscow to persuade the Bolsheviks to end their peace treaty with Germany. Should Russia fail to resume fighting in World War I, Reilly must enact an audacious plan to overthrow the government.

1918: Sidney Reilly's plan to seize power from the Bolsheviks goes wrong when Lenin pushes the date of the Congress forward by two weeks. Lenin is shot but not killed when a girl fails to carry out her orders to the letter.

1918: Having fled Russia following the failed assassination attempt on Lenin, Reilly returns to London, where he is met with acclaim but also faces an official inquiry. Meanwhile, in Russia, he is tried for treason in absentia.

1924: Now living in New York, Reilly is working with the FBI to thwart Bolshevik agents in America. A supposedly anti-Bolshevik organization called "the Trust" agitates for Savinkov's return to Russia, but Reilly mistrusts their motives.

1925: Reilly marries Pepita and seeks revenge on the Cheka-backed Trust for the death of his best friend, Boris Savinkov. Hoping to strike back, Reilly manipulates an invitation to Russia with the purpose of infiltrating the organization.

1925: As Pepita tries to discover the truth behind her husband's disappearance, Reilly is interrogated and tortured by the Bolsheviks under Stalin's orders. Back in Britain, Cummings attempts to arrange for Reilly's rescue.