I've seen this one before, but how about a slightly simpler solution ---
1) Qb8+ Kd7 (otherwise Pc8=Q, and Black is quite butt-screwed)
2) Pc8=Q+ Qxc8 (can't capture with the King!!!)
3) Qxa7+ Kd8 (otherwise Qe7# - not excellent...)
4) Nb6 Qc7 (all other spots lose Queen)
5) Qa8+ Ke7 (otherwise Qc8 loses Queen)
6) Nd5+ (Kaboom! Queen is lost next move!)
Net exchange: White retains Queen and Black retains Knight; I'd say better than White has Knight and Black has zip...
3... Kd6
dr_doc_md is wrong in a lot of ways about his puzzle solution, the king can move to d6 on the third move and the queen can check the white king on the 4th move, more then that i didn't bother to check, the puzzle shown above is the only solution (i think).
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