The great love of a youth and a girl ends in tragedy - both are burned in the flames of a merciless war between common sense and insanity. The fate of other main characters involved in the irreconcilable struggle is also sad. The story tells about the misfortunes created by tenacious ideas of God's chosenness. The material used is about political events in one country known to all. The reader easily recognizes the prototypes of the geographical names invented by the author. The names of some heroes are chosen with a hint of real persons. There are many allusions in the text.