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The novel "Through Thorns to Freedom" realistically depicts the torturous existence of Gulag prisoners, unjustifiably arrested people from Western Ukraine. Among the prisoners were men, women and teenagers in the camps of the notorious Dubravlag in Mordovia, as well as children who were forcibly detained in special shelters-prisons, vilely called "for children of enemies of the people". Page after page, we are shown the indomitable spirit of these children, their ability to resist and fight even in the face of brutal repression.

The novel is based on the stories of former prisoners, including Yuriy Shukhevych, the long-suffering son of the legendary Commander-in-Chief of the immortal UPA Roman Shukhevych ("Chuprynka"); Petro Franko, a juvenile prisoner of Dubravlag, and today the Honorary Chairman of the All-Ukrainian Society of Political Prisoners and Repressed; Oleksandr Medved, the last juvenile prisoner of the Gulag sentenced to 25 years of hard labour.

This book is yet another true testimony to the brutality of the newest hordes and the inhuman policy of Bolshevik Russia.