The 2006 explosion at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant that created the Zone destroyed many lives and shattered thousands of destinies. Deadly anomalies, bloodthirsty mutants, monstrous radiation releases, and warring clans stand against free-spirited adventurers—stalkers. The Zone’s center is surrounded by a mysterious Barrier—a dark dome through which nothing and no one can penetrate from the outside.
Five years later, at the height of the stalker era, a young stalker named Mark appears in the Zone. He quickly earns attention thanks to his astonishing survival talent and a chain of riddles connected with him. It turns out that the mysterious stalker, in some incomprehensible way, knows more about the Zone than any of the veteran stalkers. He intends to penetrate the Barrier. Moreover—he has personal reasons, tied to a secret known only to him, which brought him to the Zone…