The cool crisp spring air feels like a feather touching my skin as it blows across my face.
The radiant glow of the sun beacons me to look up
Taunts me to deny the warmth, the light, the safety it provides.
As I reach out like a lonely child for his mother
I am horrified as I am grabbed by a...

I wake up screaming!
Sweating, shaking, crying in a pool of liquid remains
Remains of who?
Remains of yesterday?
Remains of my friends long passed.

Morning here is not the life I once knew
Mans greed, apathy, insatiable appetite to be the one has devastated his world.
Chernobyl is now charred, blackened, a coffin with no future.

The sky, now cold, ablaze with the white fire of lighting as it rages for its own identity
The clouds dark grey with the demonic look of evil
The air is hot, thick with the stench of death.
No longer do we run in the park with our loved ones
We now run for our lives

A tear streams down my face as a reminder of who I am.
I am human, I am one of the lucky ones, I am a stalker.
I live on the edge....the edge of eternity
Created out of necessity, destined to be a hunter.
A hunter of terror an sleepless nights of fear.
I live in the ZONE

Stealth, patients, wits and a hell of a lot of luck have gotten me through here in the past.
The screams of pain and terror are almost like music to my ears.
Chills and goose bumps are for the weak - the soon to be dead.

Will I find an artifact, an anomaly a piece of history that will forever release me from this prison...?
Many times in the past I have traded for weapons, equipment and even my life.
But, once again I must enter hell
Enter the virtual pit of the devil himself, the abiss of death

Every corner, every building, every inch of this place is one step from an excruciating death.
Creatures no one could have imagined, blood thirsty, relentless disfigured by radiation looking for vengeance.
Looking for release from there own hellish world...

Every man must believe in himself to be a man.
Every man must face his fears to become whole.
Every man must follow his destiny
This is my life
This is why
I am a STALKER