Former brothers-in-arms want to kill Rubin. Helpless scientist Engineer is the last person a stalker would want to see nearby. But it’s exactly them who will have to go through the Zone together: one leads to the laboratory, the other tries to save their partner’s life. What will this risky alliance bring about?
An experienced stalker with the call sign Rubin is hunted by his former comrades. Seriously wounded, he tries to escape the pursuit. Fate brings him together with Engineer—a scientific researcher who came to the Zone to test a new detector. Engineer’s group is destroyed, and he is absolutely helpless without the equipment and escorts. Two such different people, two incompatible characters and worldviews—yet right now they may be useful to each other: Engineer can help the wounded Rubin, who, in turn, knows the Zone well and is ready to guide him to the laboratory.
Who would have known where this chance meeting would lead…