What are the consequences of betraying a close friend? A banal insult or a local war, chaos and panic in the entire Zone? Caught in the maelstrom of terrible events are Vasilisa Titova, a software developer for the Perimeter military, “ordered” and framed by her best friend, and Evgeniy Frolov, a charter pilot who has learned too much... They will have to hide in the Zone. Do young people have a chance? After all, it is known that it is not always the strongest who survive, but also those who are not afraid to challenge Fate.