Andriy Oleksandrovych Geister served as a volunteer in the Foreign Legion until he returned to Ukraine in 2014. After his return, any ordinary situation triggered post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in him. Andriy took a job creating psychological profiles of criminals, but it could be said that, at just over thirty years of age, he doesn't really know what he wants, and life deals him one blow after another. The author uses the form of a mystical thriller to explore ideas of guilt, repentance, and taboo. He shows that not all who break taboos are criminals, and not all who punish are on the side of justice.

In 2020, the Lviv publishing house Starý lev published Illarion Pavľuk's book I See That You Are Interested in Darkness (Ia Baču, Vas Cikaviť Piťma). When his novel was published, many reviewers immediately found parallels between Pavľuk's work and the novels of American author Stephen King. Both reveal the constantly repeated attack of evil on human goodness in ways that transcend the boundaries of reality. The darkness described in Pavlyuk's 639-page noir detective story seems to be ever-present during the war in Ukraine. These connections between fiction and reality probably explain the novel's enduring status as a bestseller.