There is such a law of the Zone: a stalker who managed to get out alive from the "merry ghost" anomaly becomes the Ghost of the Zone himself. A man capable of hearing her Call. Understand what the bunches of "burning fluff" are rustling about. Predict the behavior of "graviconcentrates" and "meat grinders." Kill faster than others... But what happens if two meet in the Zone - the Sniper, who managed to miraculously escape from the clutches of the "cheerful ghost," and the stalker legend, who did it earlier and was disfigured beyond recognition by a deadly anomaly? After all, there can be only one Ghost in the Zone...