The residents of a small town near Moscow are saving themselves from radiation in a Scythian burial ground and the adjoining quarries. Unexpectedly, it turns out that the radiation levels on the surface, near the local monastery, are within normal limits. A brutal fight begins for land suitable for normal life. The territory is taken over by a pagan sect that has subjugated giant mutant wolves. When people start disappearing in the quarry, no one doubts that the unfortunate ones are being abducted to be sacrificed to the wolves. But is that really the case? Kir Beletsky, trying to find his kidnapped brother, goes through a series of trials—encountering pagans, old believers, and the owners of an underground farm where they try to grow a “new person.”