The Great Emission expanded the boundaries of the Zone: now it has a south that is drowning in sand and a north covered in snow. The crack of frost becomes more dangerous for a stalker than the ticking of the Geiger counter—but it is precisely in the frozen ground that deposits of idot can be found, replacing artifacts and fuel, the medical kit and shamans, opium and vodka. For the right to mine the Zone’s blood, Kлин will pay with his own blood!