Steel-Colored Eyes

Deserted multimillion megacities are deservedly considered the most dangerous places on the planet, because they have become breeding grounds for the monstrous tahiginesis epidemic that has struck the very essence of life—organic molecules. Human fears and vices found a new, truly devilish form—the name for which is necromorphs. Not living and not dead, stripped of fear of death and joy of life, they are those who turn others into their kind—and to this day, no force has been found that could stand against them.

Shikotan Island, which became a refuge for refugees from the Primorsky Krai, is a land of suffering, soaked in blood and fear. Ten years after the great exodus from the continent, only a few survivors try to restore a familiar life—but even at the edge of the world, ghosts of the past do not leave them alone.

Special-operations commander Dmitry Aleshin, taking part in raids to search for and destroy necromorphs, has long lost hope for a successful outcome in the war and is full of bitter disappointment with his own fate. He has a secret that threatens his death if it becomes known—yet his destiny changes in the most radical way, preparing for him the most unusual and fateful mission that could possibly fall to a person.

One distress signal accepted by the island’s radio stations from the ruins of a long-abandoned Vladivostok will forever change all his previous life, as well as the future of all humankind.