Author's note: This work is a work within the framework of a competition based on the setting of the game "S.T.A.L.K.E.R.", held jointly by GSC Game World and the resource [email protected].

They kidnapped his beloved and hid him in the depths of the Zone. They forced him to save her without a weapon, a PDA, or an anomaly detector. They declared a hunt for him, as if he were an easy and harmless game. His body and skull became the most desired trophy. But by choosing him blindly, didn’t the hunters make a fatal mistake...