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Metro 2033

The cult international bestseller and inspiration behind the METRO video game franchise

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Metro 2033

By: Dmitry Glukhovsky
Narrated by: Rupert Degas
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Now including a new translation, this is a chilling piece of Russian dystopian fiction by Dmitry Glukhovsky and the basis of the bestselling computer games Metro 2033, Metro: Last Light, Metro: Exodus, and the highly-anticipated Metro 2039

A WORLD IN DARKNESS. A SINGLE HOPE.

The year is 2033. The world has been reduced to rubble. Humanity is nearly extinct. A few thousand live on, not knowing if they are the only survivors on the planet. They live in the Moscow Metro - the biggest air-raid shelter ever built. It is humanity's last refuge. It is a world without a tomorrow, with no room for dreams, plans, hopes. Feelings have given way to instinct - the most important of which is survival. Survival at any price.

VDNKh is the northernmost inhabited station on its line and still remains secure. But now a new and terrible threat has appeared. Artyom, a young man living in VDNKh, is given the task of penetrating to the heart of the Metro to alert everyone to the awful danger. He holds the future of his native station in his hands, the future of the Metro - and maybe the whole of humanity.

Readers are hooked on Metro 2033 . . .

'The Russians have a skill in writing apocalyptic, nightmarish stories' Goodreads reviewer, ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐

'It is the best post-apocalyptic sci-fi I have ever read' Goodreads reviewer, ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐

'Those Russians know how to write dystopian, post-apocalyptic, creepy horror . . . a fantastic, immersive read' Goodreads reviewer, ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐©2007 Dmitry Glukhovsky Adventure Dystopian Epic Fantasy Fantasy Fiction Post-Apocalyptic Science Fiction Scary Funny Survival
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If you're looking for thoughtful, meandering, and thrilling exploration of a world after the end of the everything, check out Dmitry Glukhovsky's Metro 2033
The world of Metro 2033 is fascinating
A fascinating and claustrophobic exploration of a terrible future and how human nature adapts
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And by that I mean it goes weird and bleak! Well written, good characters, some of which I wish had lingered longer. I left the novel with a claustrophobic feeling of tunnels burried deep.

Good, post apocalyptic fun - Russian style

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I didn't get the story. I'm not sure if it's just me but it seemed to be a jumble of events clumsily coming together and by 9hrs in I was lost. The narration by Rupert Degas is as fantastic as ever. He is by far and away my favourite narrator and his Russian accents are brilliant.

In short, great performance but poor story. I returned it!

Great narration but...

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It's OK if you don't gave anything else to listen to, the story doesn't flow, I kept waiting for the story to kick in and get exciting but it never really did for me.

Long winded and rambling

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I didn't expect this to be quite so tense, usually I download audio books to fall asleep to but this one brings a creeping dread that made me switch it off and listen in the daytime instead. Excellently narrated, just sensational 👌

spine tingling

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This book is perfect as an audio book as I found listening to the different Russian accents of each character and the proper pronunciation of the metro stations was very gripping and I felt like I was indeed in the Metro. The chilling despair of a post apocalyptic world is caught brilliantly and plausibly. Artyom's journey is wrought with intense and gripping struggles that become very personal as you will him along. I could not put stop listening, and loved every minute.

Brilliant Narrator, atmospheric and hopeful

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