Michael Strogoff by Jules Verne

MICHAEL STROGOFF is an adventure novel set in the Russian far east. It follows the life of Michael Strogoff, an young courier for Tsar Alexander II of Russia. Faced with a Tartar uprising in the Irkutsk region, Strogoff must make his way across Siberia to warn the governor of treason in the ranks. Along the way he meets a young woman, Nadia, who becomes his love interest and helps Strogoff to escape the Tartar rebels.