The protagonists of the novel blame the downfall of Europe on liberalism, atheism, tolerance, and the fall of the authority and hollowing out of the Catholic Church through the reforms of the Second Vatican Council.

After they find out about impending bloody liquidation of the non-Muslim ghettoes, they join forces with the last remaining Catholics to take over Notre Dame.

Later, the book was translated into several European languages: French, Serbian, Bulgarian, Turkish, English, and Norwegian.

[11] In the text of the novel there are references to the date of the main events of the novel: And the Old King, together with the Old Duke, made four paladins into bishops.

This was exactly 60 years ago, Valery, to be precise, it will be 60 years in two monthsThe leaders of traditionalist Catholics Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre and Bishop Antonio de Castro Mayer consecrated four bishops on June 30, 1988, which serves as a reference to April 30, 2048.

[12] The protagonists of the novel are Orthodox Christians and traditionalist Catholics, the followers of Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre.

[12] The author asserted that her opponents accused her of prejudice, xenophobia, paying attention to only radical Islamism, and a limited knowledge of the Quran.