Kate Walker, a young up-and-coming lawyer from New York, is offered something that seems like an uncomplicated assignment - a short stopover to finish the sale of an old vending machine factory hidden in the alpine valleys, and then straight back to the USA. She could not have dreamed that her life would change fundamentally when she got involved in the project. On her journey of discovery through Europe, traveling from Western Europe to the remotest parts of East Russia, she encounters an army of incredible characters and locations in her attempt to track down Hans the ingenious inventor - the final key to unraveling the mystery of Syberia. Her journey through land and time challenges everything she values, while the deal she has signed turns out to be a pact with destiny.