Waking up not in his native Пади and not in his own time after a failed contact with the portal is not only shocking—it’s also very painful. Painfully realizing you’re a stranger among strangers, not under the watchful eye of the Armada, but in the hell of the Zone. No friends, no connections, no weapons—only enemies and endless traps. Is it a test from the Armada, or her punishment? Stalker Tresh doesn’t know.
But he knows one thing for sure: it’s necessary to start from a clean slate. To live his life again, and to confirm once again the legendary name that used to belong to him. That’s why he runs through the terrifying forest again, chasing the one who knows both the secrets of the Zone and his personal secret. He hunts his enemy, not yet realizing that he himself has become an object of pursuit…