About the book: 2014 / Sapsan, an experienced stalker of the Southern Zone, knew the rules. But the temptation turned out to be too great. Sapsan tried to sell a large batch of swag directly, although he should have brought the loot to the reseller bartender. It all ended badly. Arrest, interrogation, term. However, fate gives Sapsan one last chance. The cellmates in the carriage were preparing to escape. Deceive the guards, jump off the train, then walk to Belarus - and here it is, freedom! That's what they thought... Agreeing to flee, Sapsan could not even imagine that from the very first steps they would become game, and not only people would hunt them... Because they had to go - through the Zone. And not to Belarus, but to the abandoned city of Pripyat. Where they come from alive - they don’t return…