There’s a law in the Zone: a stalker who managed to come out alive from the anomaly “Cheerful Ghost” becomes a Ghost of the Zone. A person capable of hearing its Call. To understand what the clusters of “burning fluff” are whispering about. To anticipate the behavior of “gravikconcentrates” and “meat grinders.” To kill faster than anyone else… But what happens if two meet in the Zone—a Sniper who, by miracle, escaped from the “Cheerful Ghost,” and a legendary stalker who did it earlier and was disfigured beyond recognition by a deadly anomaly? After all, in the Zone there can be only one Ghost…