Did one or more of the Tsar's children survive the 1918 brutal massacre in Ekaterinburg?

In 2002, Deputy Sheriff Roo Yoder is thrust into the hunt for a hundred- year- old treasure and a killer when his high school friend, now a successful financier, is murdered. The only clue in his hands - a fragment of a 1900's stock share certificate - worth a fortune if the other half can be found.

Roo throws himself into the murder investigation and discovers in his uncle's chequered past during the Russian Revolution, a connection to the Romanovs, and a clue leading to the certificate.

A winding trail of blood pulled him past the trading room. Its wall screens were shattered. Wires dangled, like waves of snakes, from smashed computers. The drums pounded, quickening his heart to an unbearable pace. He reached Freddie’s office and was assaulted by the stench of blood and shit.

“No,” he whispered, staggering back. A sea of static gray like a blank TV screen slowly filled his line of vision.

The music stopped. He heard something, someone, a grating movement, footsteps. The killers. view abbreviated excerpt only...

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