March 27, 1991, an unknown cosmic body, moving at unimaginable speeds, disintegrated upon entering the Earth's atmosphere. Its fragments, which collapsed in the remote taiga of the Komi Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, generated a colossal release of energy throughout the entire area of the meteorite shower. In less than a minute, the affected area expanded in all directions by more than a kilometer, continuously increasing at a constant speed of one meter per day. Unique oil of the “X” type is extracted here, many times superior to all types of fuel known to mankind, and artifacts are found that trample laws of physics. Here flora and fauna mutate into the most bizarre and deadly forms, aggressive towards all living things. Here, anomalies appear and disappear chaotically, getting into them can lead to death. It is not easy for even the most trained and skilled to survive here. And it is here, in the Special Operations Detachment of RAO Areal, that the former fighter of the Alpha squad, Captain Ivan Berezov, ends up...