About the book: 2015 / Summer 2015. The Novosibirsk Visitation Zone has long become a habitually dangerous territory. Artifacts are found less and less often, “black” and “white” stalkers bring less and less swag. UN troops are quietly serving to protect the Perimeter. And more and more scientific groups are moving to lands alien to people. But the Zone lives on. Breathing. And her breath is felt by many. While Professor Lavrov is trying to prove that there are only a few days left until the next Expansion of the Zone, Vadim Nilov arrives at the borders of the Perimeter along with a group of tourists. Ahead of them is an introductory excursion to the UN military base, a visit to the International Institute of Extraterrestrial Cultures. And, of course, a picnic on the border of the Zone. But the Zone has its own plans. Tourists had no idea how deadly thrill-hunting could be…