By the will of an evil fate, he ended up in alien, cut-off spaces. He wanted to survive at any cost, but he had to go through all the circles of techno-hell, to learn how deep human treachery can be and how merciless the force of technos is toward people. Aspiring stalker Maxim had no idea he’d been caught in an unstoppable whirl of events. Who would care about an infected, dying newcomer when the military and the Stalker Order stand on the threshold of uncovering the mystery of the Knot—and when the armies of mechanoids converge in the decisive battle? But not everyone decides the fate of the world’s powerful. Only Maxim and the group of the legendary Titannaya Lоза are able to influence the relentless course of events, reveal the sinister plans of technos, cross the line of life and death, and solve the secret of the gloomy building with the “DRG” logo.