Many readers want to compare this book with “It’s Hard to Be a God” by the Strugatskys - adjusted for the wind of the era. “Jericho” is a dystopia and an anti-dystopia, a story of a victim in the spirit of a young adult, balancing on the brink of urban fantasy and magical realism, a psychological novel about wandering through the inner world, a meditation on ethics, religion, history, public and personal good, responsibility for decisions, the mutual influence of the microcosm and the macrocosm, but, first of all, it is a story about preserving the individual in spite of the world and oneself. Target The audience for Jericho is wide. The main character is a teenager who, due to circumstances, considers himself an adult. Anyone who thinks about their place in the world and faces situations in which any choice is wrong can relate to him. “Jericho” is significantly different from most novels about migrants, where the hero, unable to settle down in his native soil, finds himself in an alternative reality, or saves another world and returns home safely. None of these scenarios apply to Jericho. There are no good or bad heroes here - as in an ancient tragedy, all parties are right to a certain extent and equally guilty. The novel asks many questions, but does not impose a single answer.