Since the first atomic bomb was dropped, humankindhas been haunted by the idea of nuclear apocalypse. Thatnightmare almost became reality in 1986, when an accidentat the USSR's Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant triggered theworld's worst radiological crisis. The events of that night arewell documented but history didn't stop there. Chernobyl,as a place, remains very much alive today.In Chernobyl: A Stalkers' Guide, researcher DarmonRichter journeys into the contemporary Exclusion Zone,venturing deeper than any previously published account.While thousands of foreign visitors congregate around ahandful of curated sites, beyond the tourist hotspots liesa wild and mysterious land the size of a small country. Inthe forests of Chernobyl, historic village settlements andSoviet-era utopianism have lain abandoned since the timeof the disaster overshadowed by vast, unearthly megastructures designed to win the Cold War.Richter combines photographs of discoveries madeduring his numerous visits to the Zone with the voicesof those who witnessed history engineers, scientists,police and evacuees. He explores evacuated regions inboth Ukraine and Belarus, finding forgotten ghost townsand Soviet monuments lost deep in irradiated forests. Hegains exclusive access inside the most secure areas of thepower plant itself, and joins the stalkers' of Chernobyl ashe sets out on a high-stakes illegal hike to the heart of theExclusion Zone.