S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Notes of an Officer

I, Semen Vasilievich Yurkоvsky, lieutenant colonel of the “Sarmat” Destructive-and-Diversion Detachment officially, and lieutenant colonel of the special unit of military stalkers “Vyброс” (Dismissal) de facto, officially discharged from the Armed Forces of Ukraine after the contract term ended, and de facto unable to continue serving, have decided to tell you my story. A story about what is really hidden behind the romance and enthusiastic shouts about stalker life in the Zone; about what is so carefully concealed by the veil of secrets and the “classified” stamps from ordinary people under the phrase “Zone of ecological disaster,” or simply “The Chernobyl Zone,” and about certain moments I have had the chance to witness and take part in…