Seventeen years ago, a terrible epidemic struck my world. After carpet bombing and total cleansing of infection hotbeds, the Commonwealth isolated our planet. Only one percent of the population managed to survive… The remnants of humanity try to organize safe settlements, and at great effort manage to build a normal life in them. Only me, and many like me, those paths are closed. Like many others, I underwent mutations. We’re forced to huddle in the ruins of the old world, scavenging valuable items in radiation- and chemical-poisoned ruins. “Normals” readily trade for this kind of salvage.
I spent seventeen years among my kind until, one day, I found something… Now I’m being hunted by everyone: former companions, normal patrols, and even corporate special units. To stay alive, I’ll have to run deeper into the infected lands, where new dangers—and even more valuable finds—await me…