Revolyutsiya, kotoruyu zateyal v Pyatizone vzbuntovavshiysya superskorg Troyan, grozila gibelyu ne tolko mnogochislennym porozhdeniyam tehnosa, no i lyudyam po obe storony Barerov. S podachi nevedomogo kuklovoda Troyan stal obladatelem noveyshih nanorobotov serii «H», perepodchinivshih emu voinstvo Uzla – glavnogo povelitelya Zony Smerti. Ostanovit mahovik voyny mezhdu mehanicheskoy nezhityu i rasprostranenie zagadochnoy epidemii sredi lyudey mog tolko stalker po prozvischu Leshiy, kotorogo mnogie nazyvali Izbrannym. No u Professora – odnogo iz vinovnikov strashnoy bedy, obrushivsheysya na chelovechestvo, – byli drugie plany. Ovladet Tunnelnoy Ustanovkoy – i mir u ego nog. A pyat krugov ada, imenuemogo Pyatizonem, on velikodushno ustupil by vremennomu soyuzniku Troyanu… Esli by ne Atomnyy Demon.