Countless others have rendered their verdict. Now it is your turn. Russia, July 17, 1918: Under direct orders from Vladimir Lenin, Bolshevik secret police force Anastasia Romanov, along with the entire imperial family, into a damp basement in Siberia, where they face a merciless firing squad. None survive. At least that is what the executioners have always claimed. Germany, February 17, 1920: A young woman bearing an uncanny resemblance to Anastasia Romanov is pulled shivering and senseless from a canal and taken to the hospital, where an examination reveals that her body is riddled with countless horrific scars. When she finally speaks, this frightened, mysterious young woman claims to be the Russian Grand Duchess. As rumors that the youngest Romanov daughter has survived begin to circulate, old enemies and new threats emerge. But discovering who Anna Anderson is and what actually happened to Anastasia Romanov will span fifty years and touch three continents. It's a thrilling saga every bit as moving and momentous as it is harrowing and twisted.