"Zone guide Yuri Bonyev escorts three scientists to an uncharted sector in the Zone chasing rumors of an old military bunker. Not everyone is who they appear to be, and Yuri learns perhaps some secrets are better left buried. A Prayer to Saint Strelok is a stalker-flavored, post-apocalyptic short story from the author of the Eshu International novels; The Clar1ty Wars series; The Barrow Lover; the Mil-S-F shorts ""Sozo"", ""Hard Kill"", and ""The Stones Remember""; as well as the upcoming dark fantasy novel, Beneath the Broken Moon. "

Yuri Bonyev enters the Zone once again, this time guiding Russian mobsters on a search for prime real estate inside the most heavily quarantined region on the planet. But the Zone operates by different rules than the streets of Moscow or Vladivostok, so will these newcomers respect its ways, or will they be weighed in its scales and found wanting? More important, what will Yuri have to pay for their ignorance? Patrick Todoroff is the author of the Eshu International novels, the ongoing Clar1ty Wars cyberpunk series, the Celtic ghost story 'The Barrow Lover", and numerous Mil SF shorts. He has also developed the table top war game 'Hardwired' and the upcoming 'Zona Alfa' from Osprey Publishing. "Strange Treasure" is a story for fans of the S.T.A.L.K.E.R and Metro 2033 post-apocalyptic worlds.