Igor Fomin always believed that the Zone owed him. She took his father away from him, and turned his best friend into a mutant. Now Igor has the opportunity to pay off the Zone, take back his own blood. But first he has to solve the mystery of the murdered stalker, find all the signs indicating the right path, get away alive from the bandits and penetrate the very heart of the Novosibirsk Visiting Zone. And let them say that everyone in the Zone dies alone. If you have real friends, there is always a chance to find a way out of a hopeless situation.