An ordinary city driver, Taras, abandoned by some unknown force into the Hive—assembled from fragments of other worlds—was lucky. He became one of the few who survived an attack by a virus that turns infected people into living corpses—zombies. And the unexpected Gift of the Hive—his invisibility—helped him in the bloodiest scrapes. In this cruel and strange reality, every step Taras and his companions took could turn into an encounter not only with monsters, but also with bandits or with organ hunters of the survivors. Even worse were secret fanatics calling themselves the Children of Styx. They subjected unfortunate captives to ritual torture. The crooked grin of Fate—meeting here his beloved girl, who had left him in that home and distant world—broke Taras’s heart. How can he go on now? Who, and what, will give an answer?