The soldiers fell, cut down by an automatic burst, and Sasha Bаrkov finally understood the main thing—he had become a murderer. A few hours ago he was just an engineer, and now he turned into the carrier of the mysterious “Falcon,” granting its new master almost supernatural abilities. Now Sasha could control any machines and the electronic “Fisher net” that entangled the entire planet. But there were far too many people who wanted such power. Absolute rule over the world lured agents of all kinds of “structures” and “offices,” which is why a real manhunt began for Barkov—and the worst part was that one of the groups decided to use his wife and child as bait.