About the book: year / Exclusion Zone. 2099 Pripyat is under Polish control. The Polish military dumps waste and other crap here. In fact, Pripyat has turned into a big garbage dump. You can’t survive here without special clothing; you’ll immediately be exposed to radiation and a few hours later you’ll die horribly. Cars with compressed waste travel here every Tuesday and Friday. One day Vasily and his sister Lyuda arrive illegally in such a carriage..