Twelve-year-old Moscow girl, Zoya, never dreamed she had extraordinary abilities to travel in time. Until one day she woke up in Paris, uncovering a parallel time dimension.

Zoya travels between Moscow and Paris, mastering the multidimensional universe, and is ready for her next adventure, when her parents announce their plans to immigrate to America in search of a better life.

Pittsburgh is now Paris. Zoya finds herself living in an apartment that freezes in the winter and is boiling-hot in the summer. The only reminder of Moscow are the books. Hundreds of them they brought instead of more practical household items. Her parents barely speak English. Zoya’s father struggles to find a job, and Zoya goes to a high school so big it could crush her at once. Taylor Allderdice.

The memory of Zoya’s magical travels to Paris is about to fade away completely when she is transported to Paris once more. Only this time Zoya discovers Paris of the XIVth century and meets the Knights Templar. Zoya witnesses a terrible betrayal that causes the demise of the Order. In her efforts to help the Knights, Zoya confronts the Master Templar.