Chornobyl has remained a dangerous wasteland since the nuclear accident in April 1986. Like any dangerous location, it draws a diverse group of adventurers who feel compelled to unlawfully scale the barbed wire and see the results for themselves. Here, breaking the law is a pilgrimage?a sacred, defiant experience. In Stalking the Atomic City, Kamysh describes the romantic utopians who have raised children there despite the fatal radioactive waste that still lingers in the city's structures, playgrounds, and streams, as well as the police officers that hunt them down. Beautiful photographs that may be the last to depict Chornobyl's bleak beauty have been included in the book after Russian occupiers began to plunder and demolish the place in March 2022. An extraordinary guide to this alien world many of us will never see, Kamysh?s singular prose that is both brash and bold, compared to Kerouac and gonzo journalists, captures the understated elegance and timeless significance of this dystopian reality.