"Ib and Khrystynochka" is an award-winning novel by Ukrainian writer Petro Panch. This book tells about the destinies of two young people who met in times of difficult progress, love and losses during the war. Ib is a Khazarian chief traveling the steppes of Israel, and Khrystynochka is a Jew who was forced to live in exile in Subcarpathia. Punch tells of their forbidden love, which radiates light and happiness all around, despite the dangers of war, mistrust and threats. This book is an epic story, where against the background of political conflicts and religious persecution, the best that can be in a person emerges - love, compassion, faith and hope. Ib and Khrystynochka is not only a romantic story, but also a wise act of true friendship, the rush of true love and the struggle for a relationship with deep meaning and the search for life's truths. This book fascinates with its frankness, depth of feelings and poetic speech, which is based on the power and capricious will of fate.