Novel based on the universe of Artyom Kamenisty S-T-I-K-S... Not to escape from fate, and even more so, it is difficult to overtake it. However, the raider Monk is ready to challenge the most dangerous world of the Hive in the name of a mysterious ghostly target. Will he then be able to get out of the border with Peklom - a place where any person dies. Will he survive in the death race, bringing the news of the impending war of stabs-settlements? Stand up to mutants and hostile clans? What secrets is kept by a newcomer who turned out to be his unwitting partner? And why is Monk considered "cursed" in the Hive? About all this - in the novel "Faster than Fate."