"Contactors. Who are they? Agents of a hostile alien intelligence—or humanity’s last hope? And do they even know about their mission? And why do they only appear among the "Stragglers"—those few who don’t fall into winter hibernation and roam the empty cities without restraint?
Questions! Only questions! No answers! Meanwhile, the Invasion has already begun…" From the diary of Colonel Vasiliev E. V., commander of the security forces of the "Zvezda" laboratory complex.