IN THE WILDERNESS OF RUSSIA ten-year-old Natalia falls through a cave portal known as the Liquid Diamond and lands in a world filled with mythical creatures. Here amongst cockatrices, blemmyes and elves, Natalia meets Catalyst, a boy of half-human, half-krusnik vampire hunter descent. The two - along with their huge and hairy Basajaunak herdsman friend - are thrown into a quest to find the crystals that keep the portal locked shut. Without the crystals in place, war will break out between the human world and the kingdoms in the other realm. Friends at her side, Natalia must face unknown evils or lose her own home for good.