WESTERN/ADVENTURE:  Aleksandra is left between a rock and a hard place when she discovers her fur trapper father dead, his body abandoned high in the mountains.  She must now protect a family secret - with her life if necessary - from both Cossack arms master, Vladimir, and the Tsar of Russia. No easy task, but when an opportunity presents itself to become a pony rider for the express, she disguises herself as a boy in hopes to keep a low profile from her enemies.