Strange things are happening on the territory of the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone. Mutants, individually and in groups, are drawn to the depot, as if something is drawing them there. The bandits have gone completely wild and are acting as if they are the bosses here. A camp of scientists on the shore of a round lake has turned into a breeding ground for zombies. Stalker Sergei Rodnopolsky, nicknamed the Sorcerer, guesses what was the reason for this. His dark essence has acquired a new body, and now the very existence of the Zone is under threat. The stalker enters into battle with the eternal enemy. But before delivering the fatal blow, he needs to answer the main question: what is he willing to sacrifice to win this war?