Accidents are not accidental, especially in anomalous lands, where the fates of people are so intertwined that sometimes you want to exclaim: “This is all the Zone!..”Military stalker Alexander Zhuravlev and the mysterious person Max Zverev, nicknamed The Beast are the only ones who know the secret of the legendary "Grieving Stone" - an anomaly, which, according to legend, is able to grant healing from any disease and even immortality. But the legends lie. Secret societies and sects, the military and stalkers - everyone wants to find the "Stone", and in order to do this, you need to find the elusive Beast.And then the hunt opens for him ...