The plot of the novel "Trop" unfolds in the American Far West in the nineteenth century, so by all indications this work belongs to the Western genre. But in fact, this book tells about the problem of choice: who to become, in the name of what to live for. Every event (even the smallest) can be a turning point in our lives. Every minute is filled with the energy of all the previous years, so you need to be very attentive to what is happening to you, because this energy can be thrown in the wrong direction, as it seems to us. Mato Witko becomes a shaman and gives up his weapons, but does he cease to be a warrior? Adventurer and gold prospector Randall Scott encounters "primitive" nomads and looks down on them, unaware of their natural wisdom and not listening to their predictions .