Stalker Andrei Lunev understood from the very beginning: something is unclean here... Officers of the International Inspection rushed to the center of Pripyat just a day before the next deadly release, and Andrei, according to the contract, was supposed to cover their rear, and after the inspectors completed a mysterious task – remove all outsiders who have touched the secret of the Call. But what if these “outsiders” have already saved his life twice in clashes with “wild” stalkers and countless mutants? Who are they - the short Smoker, inseparable from a flamethrower, and the black man with a Japanese sword, deftly decapitating his opponents? The path of Lunev's wards was blocked by deadly anomalies, but something else was worse: the shadow of betrayal hung over the group...