Roadside picnic (Orion Publishing Co)

Red Schuhart is a stalker, one of those strange misfits who are compelled aby some unknown force to venture illegally into the Zone and, in spite of the extreme danger, collect the mysterious artefacts that the alien visitors left scattered around. His life is dominated żeby the Zone and the thriving black market in the alien products. Even the nature of his daughter has been determined żeby the Zone. And it is for her that Red makes his last, tragic foray into the hazardous and hostile depths.