Where does truth end and fiction begin about the Aerial Zone? Operation “Disinfection,” during which a nuclear strike was carried out over the Zone, led to catastrophe. The anomalous territory is rapidly expanding. All owners of precious artifacts flock to the Zone, unable to resist the Call—although anyone who crosses the border of the Green Zone is doomed!
The deadly “Brain Itch,” the scourge of the new age, strikes both millionaires and powerless stalkers. But people cursed by the Aerial Zone do not only suffer horrifying torment themselves—they also pose a threat to everyone around them. That is why a hunt begins for the Addicted.
Mother Earth is barely concerned with the fate of twenty thousand captives of the Zone. Now it is a state within a state, where criminal groups impose their wolfish laws—among them, a squad led by Major Pletnev, known as the Bear, tries to survive. But he has too many enemies: the ominous creations of the Zone, bandits, and corrupt officials who have declared Major a criminal and set an enormous bounty for his capture.