The Starting Point

7 hrs. 49 min.

Language Russian

Author Mikhail Anechkin

Narrator Mikhail Roslyakov

Description

Beyond the clean-cut action plotlines and all sorts of computer-game adaptations, the Zone is also presented in other, more “natural” versions, including those with psychological undertones — but without turning it into something boring.

At the center of the book are the fates of five different people. The first is an SOBR fighter who has stopped believing in the cause he has served for fifteen years. The second is a hunting inspector, satisfied with his life. The third is a young stalker who unconditionally shares the belief that “everyone is on their own.” The other two are U.S. Marines stationed on opposite ends of the social ladder.

These five live their own lives and don’t suspect each other’s existence until chance brings them together. A small group of people, against their will, gets pulled into big politics. But what they need most of all is simply to survive. Still, a cruel fate drives them to the heart of a new Zone, to where a terrible, bloody battle will begin. None of them suspects that ahead lies the hardest test in life — and for each of them, this test is a fight with oneself.

Soon these five will reach a place where they can look into themselves and understand what they’re truly made of. Someone will find himself, someone — his calling, and someone will meet his love. Their destinies will change, and for each of them this place will become the starting point — the starting point of a new life.