Roadside Picnic

The novella tells how a terrifying fantastic world intrudes into real life. After visiting Earth by aliens, Zones appeared on the planet. Into these places—where strange and inexplicable things happen—stalkers penetrate and bring back artifacts: objects that science hasn’t studied and that are extremely valuable. Stalking is declared a crime, but Redrik Shugarth breaks the law. Cornered, eager to take revenge on everyone, he tries to reach the Golden Sphere—an artifact that grants wishes.

The game of N. Karachentsov, Y. Vasilieva, B. Ivanov, V. Kashpur and other stars of the Russian stage will draw you into a kaleidoscope of unexplained events occurring in the visitation Zones and will carry the narrative to the end.