About the book: 2019 / The novel was written within the STALKER book universe. Three months after the failure of Operation Fairway, the Zone was mired in a new war. Messages with calls for help are increasingly coming from the Center. Hordes of mutants and fanatics of the Monolith are advancing to the south, the leader of Freedom gathers criminal clans around him to storm the Rostok plant, General Voronin is preparing for the last campaign of Duty, in the hope of destroying the threat in the north, which instills horror even in experienced stalkers. Not yet realizing his role in this story, the former Monolith Tramp finds himself in the intricacies of feuds among the most powerful factions. A path full of dangers and struggles introduces him to the veteran mercenary Viktor Khramtsov, who, by the will of fate, took the path of investigating the secret project “Purification” created by the Masters and promising death not only to the Zone, but to the whole world.…