The Anomalies

Alone they are outsiders, but together they might be the bomb God doesn't want to drop.

The Anomalies (published as The Freaks outside of the US) is a novel by Joey Goebel published in 2003.

Quick Facts

Type: Unstable space-time phenomena (paranatural hazards)
Location: The Zone (Chernobyl Exclusion Zone)
First appears: S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl (2007)
Detection method: Anomaly detector (handheld device)
Harvestable product: Artifacts (items with anomalous properties)
Linked entity: The Brain (mysterious Zone consciousness)
Gameplay role: Core survival hazard and artifact source

Lore & Background

The novel is set in a small town in Kentucky and follows five outsiders: an eighty-year-old woman in cowboy boots and a Sex Pistols T-shirt; a beautiful woman in a wheelchair; a young Iraqi searching for the American soldier he wounded in the First Gulf War; a precocious young girl; and an extremely articulate African American who appears to be on drugs but is completely sober. They form a power pop new wave heavy metal punk rock band called The Anomalies. Their lead singer says, 'The only way to make this a better place would be for God to drop the bomb.' Alone they are outsiders, but as a group they might be 'the bomb that God does not want to drop.'