The fugitive stalkers Kombat and Topol walked the length and breadth of the Zone. But a cat also ran between them. Topol joined the military stalkers and serves on the River Cordon - the most dangerous level of the Zone, which stretches along the new bed of the Pripyat. Well, the Combat is still free, extracting swag alone... For valuable swag, the Combat is ready to go anywhere, even to the Monolith, but he is firmly confident in one thing: he will never, ever go beyond the Amber Lake. However, sometimes Fate makes offers that you cannot refuse. And then the Battalion Combatant goes after his former partner, Topol, to the River Cordon...