Anya grew up in with her parents in Harbin: a Chinese haven for White Russian families after the Communist Revolution. When her father dies Anya and her mother do what they can to survive when the Japanese invade the country during World War II. However a personal vendetta leads to a heartbreaking choice for Anya's mother. Alina is forced to separate from Anya in order to save her. Anya finds herself lost and adrift in Shanghai, and at the mercy of the greed and vindictiveness of those she thinks she can trust. When once again she's forced to flee her home, Anya finds herself settling in Australia- a country that welcomes refugees in the aftermath of the war. Anya makes some deveoted friends and equally devoted enemies. She earns the love of two men, but never wavers in her desire to find her mother again.

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