Metro 2033

Metro 2033 is a 2002 post-apocalyptic fiction novel by Russian author Dmitry Glukhovsky. The Story follows the protagonist ‘Artyom’, a survivor of the nuclear bombing of his country Russia, now surviving in the remains of the old world, inside the vast metro system of Moscow, Russia. Artyom's ‘hometown’ inside the metro, ‘VDNKh’, is ravaged by creatures called the ‘Dark Ones’. The Dark Ones are a new type of being, said to be the next stage of evolution, ‘Homo novus’ they are called by the dwellers of the metro, beings who are better adapted to environment of the new world and bent on the destruction of old world. A friend of Artyom's stepfather, ‘Hunter’ comes to visit, provides information and inspires Artyom to undertake a mammoth task, he inspires and asks Artyom to complete a dangerous mission which will keep the humans in the metro alive. Hunter, before leaving, and eventually never returning, gives Artyom an item, Artyom has to take this item to a man by the name of ‘Melnik’ in Polis if Hunter does not return the next day. As Hunter never returns and Artyom sets off in a journey to reach the city of Polis, a place where culture is still valued and the only place where people don’t just survive but actually live. Artyom goes off on a journey throughout the metro, going through different caravans and travelling with different partners at different times until he reaches Polis. When he finally reaches Polis, Artyom finds Melnik, gives him the item, and informs him of what is happening at his home station VDNKh. Melnik does not know what to do, until Artyom is spoken to by a secretive group of individuals calling themselves the Brahmins. These Brahmins consist of scientists and academics that pay to people to get books from the desolate wastelands of the surface that are ripe with radiation. They say that if Artyom, whom they think to be a powerful psychic is able to see and feel things in his mind, he will also be able to find a book said to contain something that they particularly need, this will give him something that will guarantee his victory against the dark ones, seeing no other way, Artyom agrees. Artyom, now joined by a young Brahmin named Daniel, goes with Melnik and his group of soldiers to the surface. Once they enter the library, Artyom does not seem to show any ability of finding the book, so the group goes deeper into the library. The group is then ambushed by mutated creatures. Artym and Daniel flee to a different part of the library while Menik and the others fight off the monsters. Artyom and Daniel keep on searching for the book, until Daniel gets gutted by one of the creatures. In his last moments of life, Daniel tells Artyom the thing that will give him victory over the Dark Ones, a map to a secret tunnel system that leads to a missile silo. Convulsing in pain, he pleads Artyom to kill the creature, as the mutant ominously mimics him, hidden behind his body. Artyom, knowing there is nothing he can do for Daniel, shoots through him to kill the beast.. Artyom and Melnik run back to the metro, and Melnik leaves Artyom for a while to sort some problems out and get a group of fighters to go to the missle silo. Artyom during that time, helps a father find his missing child, right after being taken hostage by a cult of extra-terrestrial worm worshipping cannibals. Then, like the ex machina he is, Melnik along with a group of soldiers rescue Artyom, scurrying into the secret metro. From there, Artyom and Melnik get in different conflicts, until they get to VDNKh to give Melniks people the coordinates of the Dark Ones lair. Artyom gets a vision by the Dark Ones leader, a telekinetic creature, saying Artyom was the chosen one to connect the two races. Artyom then realizes the Dark Ones were never attacking, but the humans were responding in fire and bullets. The Dark Ones are bombed, with Artyom realizing he doomed humanity and goes home in tears. The characters of this novel and world are written beautifully, and at every page there is a twist and turn that wasn't expected, making this a great science fiction read. This was the Review of Metro 2033, by Shourya Ghosh

Got this book after playing the games and boy the environment and atmosphere created in this book is even better than the game. Terrific themes and plot lines and darkness (quite literally). Although I guess because of translation, it gets a little difficult to read and understand the passages few times during the books but it is what it is. All on all a fantastic read. Looking forward to reading the sequels.

Product is good.. binding is good... Pages are good.... But the book has really poor translation... Sometimes you have to go back and read once again to understand what is happening... The map given in the book is almost trash... The story is full of plotholes... Whole book is just a little with huge pile of fillers due to which Sometimes it feels out of context... but if you take help of the internet it will be a bit easier to understand the map... Where our hero is traveling why the station at the front is the station that comes later... But still it is enjoyable... I never mind the fillers but if it has had good translation then I would have given it 5 stars.. cause overall plot is interesting...

Completed the trilogy? Now read the book that inspired the Stalker series. "Roadside Picnic" what are the artifacts? You ask? Well this book tells you everything. The anomaly, The zone, everything. Its a great read.

This is a good read. The translation and the occassional spelling mistakes could have been avoided. I finished it once and I will read it one more time.

Absolutely brilliant book, just like the "darkness" described therein. But I HAVE 1 MAJOR ISSUE: the cover is very dull and looks very low contrast and passable on Kindle. Please please update the cover to do justice to this otherwise brilliant book.

Got this book after a long wait. However i dont have any regrets since this book does not have a publisher in India and has to be imported from outside. However the story revolving around a post-apocalyptic Russia is truly worth the wait. A true masterpiece and must buy!

So my copy arrived today. It came in perfect condition, will start reading it today. After reading I will edit my review and put in details how the novel is overall.

The pages are thick and it makes the book feels like a great quality. Sometimes books aren’t good quality and are damage easily, this one however gives me hope that it will stay intact.

I truly enjoyed reading this book. Actually got engaged with the Metro universe first through the video games, and after finishing the first two I decided to read the book. It is different from the videogames but complements the universe perfectly, through a deeper version of the characters we know in the video games and a well written and interesting story that explores a post-apcalyptic civilization from multiple angles. This books has everything, adventure, survival horror and post apocalyptic scenario that will keep you reading pages without even feeling it.

Livre est bien précisé en anglais... Comme je désirais (contrairement à pas mal de commentaires...) Bref. Super livre... J'avais envie de m'y mettre après avoir joué aux jeux il y a un moment mais je ne suis pas dessus du voyage..! Vraiment superbement décrit et pleins de détails parfois trop... Comme pour beaucoup d'histoire du genre la mise en place peut paraître un peu longue mais passé cela il y a des instants ou je ne pouvais pas m'arrêter avant d'avoir fini certains chapitres ! La traduction est très correcte et contrairement à un autre commentaire je n'ai tické qu'une fois ou deux à la tournure d'une phrase ou à un mot qui ne me semblait pas forcément juste..! Je conseille donc vivement !

I recommend this book. After reading this book, I hid under my bed for a week. Scary!

Comprei o livro como presente pro meu namorado, ele é muito fã de coisas russas, e eu sou maravilhado com a franquia Metro nos jogos! E agora com esse livro vou dar a ele a experiência desse universo pelos livros, enquanto eu tenho a experiência pelos jogos, acho que tá equilibrado! Hah! No demais, livro maravilhoso, cheiroso (cheiro normal de livro novo então sei lá haha!), na capa da frente e de trás tem o mapa do metro, o que achei genial demais! Vale a pena cada centavo, mesmo não tendo lido tenho a história inteira na cabeça por causa dos jogos, então sei que vale a pena porque nos jogos ainda era meio resumido, nos livros é simplesmente uma obra prima!