Fear is infectious on the Demarkacija... At over 7000 meters altitude, the Demarkacija is the final rampart between Velikiistok and Ieretik territory. In Bunker 37, Aleksi Stassik scrutinizes the approaching enemy and lies in wait for the attack. Above him, in the mountains, roams another enemy, even more terrifying that the first...

Anika Borodine, the Imperator's niece, brings Aleksi Stassik to the Epicenter, the heart of the terrible cataclysm that ravaged the Azbuska region 15 years earlier. In the ruins of the orphanage where Aleksi spent part of his childhood, he finds answers to questions about his origins and troubled past. But Aleksi's deep-seated powers, coveted by others, will end up being more terrifying and destructive than anyone could ever have imagined.