Orphaned. Endangered. Possibly kidnapped.Mikhail could not feel less alone.His foster parents murdered in bloody succession, his last guardian killed, and Mikhail is spirited away to a mysterious castle. Isolated from the outside world in the stone cold fortress, he begins the search for his truth.Placing his trust in a mysterious girl and her father, Mikhail must journey, following a series of journals, in search of the truth of his parentage, of the murdered foster parents, and of the organisation which now claims to protect him.As he traverses snowy mountains, beautiful cities, and dark monasteries, he finds something far more sinister - an age-old curse, and a secret war.