The stark beauty of the frozen wastes of Siberia, where the cold can snap steel rails, and the empty sweep of the tundra, alternately a snow-muffled wasteland and an unexpectedly safe trackside haven, are vividly evoked. Against this backdrop Robert Chalmers weaves an irresistible love story, and compelling suspense. The story of a dangerous journey that Natalie is forced into, and returning at last to the Russia she left as a young child, will finally be reunited with her true love.