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This is a story about the betrayal of those closest to you and about the eternal choice that Ukrainians face again and again: what is more important for the Motherland - your life or your death?

Ukrainian patriot Orest, who finds himself in the wrong place at the wrong time, is doomed to a long torture in a Russian prison. The support of his daughter Zoreslava and the rag doll Kotyhoroshko sent by her are all that saves his spirit during the ordeal. Businessman Lesha is also imprisoned, only in Ukraine, and realises that his ambitions and talk of European integration are useless to the prisoners. Olya, a patriot and at the same time the communications director of a Russian bank in Ukraine, tries to save her career and image, but pays a terrible price for it. Someone has to die for Ukraine. But it is not certain.

The novel was written after long conversations with Ukrainian political prisoners and domestic human rights activists, watching many hours of prison videos. The author hopes that this helped to make the text as authentic as possible.