Nikita Novikov, nicknamed Handful, decided to settle down and forget about the Zone in order to take care of his wife and kids. Of course, sometimes melancholy still rolls in, and he remembers his partner Khimik… But a phone call from an old acquaintance ruins all Handful’s plans for a peaceful life. He learns that in Moscow a new kind of drugs has appeared that pushes teenagers toward suicide. The second piece of news is even more unexpected: the traces of this unknown drug lead into the Zone.
Meanwhile, Khimik continues to beat the unclean and hunt for artifacts. He only has to find one more thing—“resin.” Once he gathers all seven arts, Khimik will be cured of leukemia. And at the same time, he will be able to change society, forever ridding people of misfortune and sickness. That’s why Khimik is not up to Handful right now—the very untimely partner decided to return to the Zone to find and stop the unknown drug dealers…