In 1902, the wealthiest man on the planet funded a secret international organization with powerful connections in Washington DC; two immigrant sisters from southern Switzerland found destitute on the streets of New York City become the focus of the Roosevelt White House.
Over one hundred years later, Will McGuire is an emerging prep basketball superstar in the northern California town of Pleasanton; Park Gun is a rising national judoka hero in North Korea. When the two sixteen-year old's cross paths it sets off an international incident that pits the ruthless dictatorship of Kim Jong-un against an unlikely adversary in a thrilling rescue attempt that crisscrosses China and tests the resolve of the Lochinvar Club.