'OTMA. Rescue of the Romanovs' is the first novel: full-blooded, dynamic, lively - a truly epic adventure. The author is Alexei Kolmogorov, director and screenwriter of television series and feature films, and winner of professional awards.

'I am beginning these notes today, on the day when our unprecedented campaign ended in such an incredible way.

I, Leonid Annenkov, midshipman of the Imperial Navy, born in 1898, certify that everything described here is the truth and nothing but the truth.

On the night of July 16-17, 1918, I took part in the operation to rescue the Sovereign Emperor and his august family from Bolshevik captivity in the Ipatiev House in Yekaterinburg.

This operation was a complete success. My princesses... my OTMA is alive.'