Age: 25 Marital Status: Single Profession: Student Allegiance: Anarchist Family: Father Pyotr Nikolaievitch Dolnikov (Friend to the Russian Tsar)

Characterized by his strong convictions and ever-present cigarette, Alexei Pyotrevich Dolnikov cut short his studies in St. Petersburg to embrace the Anarchist movement. Politically committed to the overthrow of repressive authority in all its forms—and particularly in his native Russia—Alexei has repudiated his family and aristocratic birthright.

After years of exile in London, Alexei is now returning to Russia. But for what purpose? And why has he chosen the Orient Express, that bastion of wealth and privilege? On board is his sworn enemy, his father's friend Count Vassili Obolensky. Did Alexei choose this train so as to be near the Count… or his teenage granddaughter?

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