May 1915. Kingdom Lock and his faithful sidekick Siddhartha Singh are gunned down on the streets of Basra and suspicion falls on German spy Wilhelm Wassmuss. Major Ross believes Wassmuss is behind the assassination of a Turkish officer the death of whom has been blamed on Lock. Meanwhile Lock has discovered that Amy Townshend is pregnant and that the child is his. But the general's daughter stubbornly refuses to break off her engagement. Then when Lock learns that there is a price on his head Ross sends him to the frontlines for his own safety...