The experiment of the Helios Corporation turned into a planetary catastrophe, throwing the Earth into an era of chaos, violence, and poverty. The government, for some unknown reason, is in no hurry to take control of the situation; moreover, it in every possible way supports and provides heavily armed detachments of marauders hunting throughout the country. By the will of fate, a young Novgorod hunter, Sergei Korn, turns out to be in one of these detachments. What does this strange contract promise him: protection from powerful enemies, knowledge of a terrible secret, life or death? Contains obscene language.