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Ivan Bahrianyi (Lozoviaga) dreamed of creating an epic about Ukrainian youth during the Second World War, but he managed to write only the first and last parts - the novels Marusya Bohuslavka and The Circle of Fire. His unexpected death did not allow the genius to complete his plan, so we will never know what other great works he could have created.

The novel Marusya Bohuslavka depicts the gloomy pre-war Soviet reality, in particular the difficult dramatic fate of Ukrainian youth during the reign of the communist dictatorship, a reality in which one had to become a conformist or wear a mask and never show the real one in order to survive. The novel The Circle of Fire recreates the tragic story of the "divided" Ukrainian people, those who were pitted against each other in a deadly battle between the German and Russian occupiers. The work is based on the story of the Ukrainian SS Division Galicia, which in the summer of 1944 was thrown into battle near Brody by the Germans, providing them with an opportunity to retreat. This novel is a clot of pain and despair, self-sacrifice and courage, hope and loss, and the refusal to surrender.