The almost already won victory turns into defeat: the former Master of the Swamp, and now the highest dominant of the Changed Spider, escapes alive and kidnaps Gleb, a unique child with superpowers. He captures the distant Kuril Island of Iturup, where, using the boy’s masking talents, he builds up his strength and creates a new Zone. The Spider has big plans, but he's not the biggest problem. On a secluded island in the southern Indian Ocean, a terrible threat to all humanity is brewing.