Once upon a time there was the Palace Hotel. An extraordinary castle high in the Swiss Alps, a gothic, fairy tale realm where obscenely wealthy guests from around the world are gathering for the 2000 New Year’s Eve party. A horde of waiters, bellboys, chefs, and receptionists stands by to service their every demand, as the dawn of the new millennium approaches. But the atmosphere is tense: rumours of the Millennium Bug and the financial chaos it will bring in its wake run rife. Beneath the civilized surface, chaos awaits…