Where does the truth end and the fiction about the Area begin? Operation “Disinfection”, during which a nuclear strike was carried out on the Area, led to disaster. The anomalous territory is rapidly expanding. All owners of precious artifacts flock to the Area, unable to resist the Call - although a person who crosses the border of the Green Zone is doomed! The fatal cerebral Itch, the scourge of modern times, affects both millionaires and disenfranchised stalkers. But people who fall under the curse of the Area not only suffer terrible torment themselves, but also pose a threat to everyone around them, so the persecution of the Dependents begins. The mainland cares little about the fate of the twenty thousand captives of the Area. Now this is a state within a state, where criminal groups establish their wolf laws, among which the detachment of Major Pletnev, known as the Bear, is trying to survive. But he has too many enemies: the sinister creatures of Areal, and bandits, and corrupt officials who declared the major a criminal and appointed a fabulous reward for his capture...