The military has allied with the “trash collectors,” who call themselves the owners of the Zone, to cleanse the infected lands of stalkers. The factions are doomed—forces are too unequal… And lone stalkers have even less chance of survival in this terrible slaughter, which is only a little time away from beginning.
Going now to the center of the Zone is madness—equivalent to suicide. But the Sniper swore to help the American policeman Jack Thompson fulfill his cherished desire—to bring his family back. That means reaching the goal at any cost, even risking becoming a monster. Because the stalker’s word is law… even if the Zone slowly, but inevitably turns the person who gave it into a horrifying mutant.