“The Zone is what you consider it to be. I’ve shown you how I see it. Walk your own path and you’ll come to perceive the Zone in your own way.” A decade has passed, and still, they are cursed by a lot of stalkers. No retired fanatics, they say. Deserving a shot when only seen in a scope. When Ward’s order came along with the D4 pact — they agreed to do things that made even the drilled-up Dutiers glance at Perimeter. Monolith is dead. Though for the majority, its cause lingers while the Wild Island exists. And while Strider is trying to pull his brothers out of hell, Faust… Has his own picture of the future.