A marauder nicknamed the Sorcerer receives from his informant information about a group of stalkers that is returning from the center of the zone. To intercept the detachment and take away the cargo, he takes his friend Bosyak and three newcomers to help him. Everything changes when the squad comes across a scout from the group they need. The thugs kill the wounded stalker, and the Sorcerer who tried to stop them ends up at gunpoint himself. Now he has to make a choice - to kill and become like his enemies, or to die. Hunter chooses the first...