The Sagas of Gaia6

Terrible iron gods take children as tribute to the black pyramids, never to be seen again. Doomsday cultists sacrifice heretics and electronics to a golden retriever. Stark lights dance in the mountains. Stalkers scavenge mutant infested necropolises for the last trinkets of civilization. Nihilism and depravity abound. Two souls are caught in the whirling gyre, an apprentice stalker, and an ace pilot; distant threads, forever entwined in this brooding journey of extinction, sex, and ascension.

Balashikha, the time lost city, hidden at the heart of this legendary metropolis lies a bonanza of treasures. The syndicate assassin, Ink, needs the treasure to repay her astronomical debt and remove the kill commands encoded inside her head. The apprentice stalker, Joy James, wants the treasure to save her master, who will be sacrificed by insane sectarians to their terrible dog god if she fails. While Zin, the immortal gopnik, has been trapped in Balashikha for untold ages and desires only freedom now.