Alone in the world, Sophie dreams n of being someone special, but she n could never have imagined this . n On a school trip to Russia, n Sophie and her two friends find n themselves on the wrong train. n They are rescued by the beautiful n Princess Anna Volkonskaya, who n takes them to her winter palace n and mesmerises them with stories n of lost diamonds and a tragic n past. But as night falls and wolves n prowl, Sophie discovers more than n dreams in the crumbling palace of n secrets . n