The plot centers on a run‑of‑the‑mill Stalker nicknamed Topor. He’s made several forays into the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone, yet—even though the Zone’s heart beckons—his fear of the unknown always holds him at the Cordon’s edge. But life beyond the perimeter has long since lost its meaning, so at last he resolves to venture beyond the Cordon…

The plot centers on a run‑of‑the‑mill Stalker nicknamed Topor. He’s made several forays into the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone, yet—even though the Zone’s heart beckons—his fear of the unknown always holds him at the Cordon’s edge. But life beyond the perimeter has long since lost its meaning, so at last he resolves to venture beyond the Cordon…