Where does inspiration come from? From our heroes? Our Villains? Great works of art, or ordinary people who demonstrate humanity’s incalculable capacity for greatness? For me, inspiration came from the inside of a dirty, wooden cage. This story was written in homage to Giorgio De Chirico's painting, Mystery and Melancholy of a Street. The cover art, title, and idea belong to him.

Anastasia Romanov is not just another royal. She's fun and mischievous, kind and loyal. And she's about to lose everything. Her parents, sisters, wealth, and title. But most of all, her younger brother, Alexei, her partner in crime. Anastasia has a lot to learn of loss, survival, and sacrifice if she's going to get out of Russia alive. She needs the world to know her story. Her truth. And she'll stop at nothing to bring down the people who took everything from her.