The Spy Academy is not affiliated to any government or organisation. The main characters are five Russian teenagers who took an Elixir during the Second World War and became immortal before escaping to America. They have lived for around 100 years and this gives them a uniquely mature perspective.

You can follow the teenagers through different periods of history starting with the 1920s and 1930s to the present day. The Spy Academy is set against a century of world events.

The Spy Academy cavern is beneath Manhattan and is a place of political neutrality where opposing espionage agents come together and learn new skills. The teenagers use hi-tech gadgets and enrol future generations to keep world stability. The Manhattan cavern was carved out by 1945 and has been continually upgraded since.