It is the second volume of a three-volume series known to Poles as "The Trilogy," having been preceded by With Fire and Sword (Ogniem i mieczem, 1884) and followed by Fire in the Steppe (Pan Wołodyjowski, 1888).
This refers to the second volume of a trilogy, with the first being "With Fire and Sword" and the third being "Fire in the Steppe."