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Valentyn Chemeris (1936-2016), a famous Ukrainian writer, author of historical and fantasy novels and short stories, essays, collections of humour, satire, parodies, and works for children, was the recipient of many literary awards, including the International Prize of the Ukrainian Cossacks "Knight's Pen" (2008). He began his career in 1959, and his track record is impressive: over 70 books were published during his lifetime. The most prominent place in the writer's work is occupied by historical novels, some of which have even become cult. In these works, the author tells about the past of Ukraine in an interesting, caring and impartial way, using vivid images that arouse the imagination, leave a mark on the soul, and make one proud of his people.

What prompted Olena Teliha, the heroine of The Amazon, an exquisite aristocratic beauty and no less beautiful poet who was called the newest Lesya Ukrainka, to embark on the bloody path of struggle for the liberation of her homeland? The writer portrays a woman who can suffer, rejoice, and be tender, but when she faces the enemy, she becomes brave and unbreakable. This is how Olena met her death in the notorious Babyn Yar in Kyiv in February 1942, where she, a patriot and member of the OUN, was shot by the German fascists : Krushelnytsky - father Anton and son Ivan, and Voronikh - father Mykola and son Mark, about their lives, work, love and death during Stalin's "Great Terror" of the 1930s, the reader learns from the novel-essay "Kyiv-Solovky."