About the book: 2019 / Chernobyl exclusion zone, 2007. Former border guard Sergei Sokolskikh, nicknamed the Bird, finds himself drawn into a whirlpool of extraordinary events. To get out of this fatal situation, Sergei must lead the scientific group along old paths to the goal of interest. However, the Zone is by no means as empty as it seems at first glance. And even if there are no mutant races and bloody gang wars in it yet, the paths are already full of dangers. But the worst thing is people who are ready to go too far for the sake of their goals and interests.