According to legend, our Earth rests on the backs of three elephants, and they, in turn, stand on the feet of a gigantic Turtle. All earthlings are only a kind of scum on its shell. And on a planet in the cataclysm of nuclear wars, a special zone was formed—the Epicenter. The heroes of this work, ordinary people—so-called stalkers—must, by overcoming dangers and fighting the monsters teeming in the Epicenter, obtain and bring the Colonel an invaluable cargo. And what kind of cargo it is and how this novel will end—you will learn by listening to this audiobook.