Bernadac's book provides an insight into the horrors that took place within the camp walls, exploring human suffering and resistance in the most difficult conditions.
"The Ninth Circle" is a work that deals with the theme of the Second World War and concentration camps, and the title alludes to Dante's "Inferno" and the deepest, ninth circle of hell, where traitors are punished.
The novella was published for the first time in 1961 in the magazine Novij mir and aroused anger among critics, pointing out that it is only "about the narrow, intimate experiences of the heroine".
In Nicolae, the most explosive of the three books so far, the end of the first quarter of the seven-year martyrdom is approaching when, as the prophecy says, the "wrath of the Lamb" will descend on the earth.