Failing in his desperate attempt to destroy the Zone, he longs to leave it forever—to blend in with the crowd of the big world. The strange and reclusive inhabitant of the Zone known to stalkers as Buka didn’t take one important thing into account: he is not like everyone else.
The Zone refuses to let him go, and this becomes a terrifying surprise not only for him. Soldiers, scientists, and random people all feel the Zone’s ominous breath—Buka is walking past. Desperation, fear, hopelessness—this is the reckoning for the protection of dark forces. All he wants is to become just like everyone else, getting rid of his questionable «gift». He can be helped only in the abandoned laboratories of the Zone, places you can’t reach without faithful friends.
But what should you do when you are left alone with an entire world bared with the power of weapons, fenced off by a wall of distrust and fear? Only clench your teeth—and move forward.