That Once Was I is a trilogy telling the story of two girls in Russia, Olga and Tata. Book 1: The Tellurian Upheaval is the first volume of the three from the revolution until Olga and Tata arrive in Shanghai. Their families and friends destroyed by the war with Germany and the revolution, flee through a Siberia filled with enemy soldiers, insane military leaders and wolves. A historical page-turner like no other and the people and events actually existed just as they are presented in this trilogy.