Programmer Oleg Garin lived a measured life and had no plans to go to the Zone. But the courier got sick, and the institute’s management asked Garin to fly to a research outpost. Back and forth—that’s all! Who could have known how this short business trip would turn out…
Near the Zone, a helicopter crashes, killing everyone except Garin and a criminal nicknamed Stone. To survive, they’ll have to obtain the unique psi-artifact “Venech” and go through the entire Zone. It’s a long road, full of lies and betrayal, through an invisible psi-war in which the heroes became involuntary participants even before they got into the Zone.