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The publication contains the second of the historical novels by Bohdan Lepkyi that make up the trilogy (as defined by the author) «Mazepa». In fact, there are five stories. And although they consistently reproduce the chronology of events, each of them has an independent meaning, and therefore was published by the author separately.

The main character of all five novels is the Ukrainian Hetman Ivan Mazepa (1639-1709), whose ultimate goal of policy was to establish the statehood of Ukraine.

The story "Thou Shalt Not Kill" is dedicated to the events that led to the execution of Kochubey and Iskra.

Bohdan Lepkyi's contribution to the Ukrainian literary heritage is hard to overestimate. His unsurpassed works "Motrya", "Flower of Happiness", "Poltava" and others, about 30 collections of poetry, as well as journalistic articles, children's fairy tales and poems have become a real heritage of Ukrainian culture.