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Metro 2033

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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 and the basis of three bestselling computer games Metro 2033 and Metro Last Light, and Metro: Exodus

The year is 2033. The world has been reduced to rubble. Humanity is nearly extinct. The half-destroyed cities have become uninhabitable through radiation. Beyond their boundaries, they say, lie endless burned-out deserts and the remains of splintered forests. Survivors still remember the past greatness of humankind. But the last remains of civilisation have already become a distant memory, the stuff of myth and legend.

More than 20 years have passed since the last plane took off from the earth. Rusted railways lead into emptiness. The ether is void and the airwaves echo to a soulless howling where previously the frequencies were full of news from Tokyo, New York, Buenos Aires. Man has handed over stewardship of the earth to new life-forms. Mutated by radiation, they are better adapted to the new world. Man's time is over.

A few score thousand survivors live on, not knowing whether they are the only ones left on earth. They live in the Moscow Metro - the biggest air-raid shelter ever built. It is humanity's last refuge. Stations have become mini-statelets, their people uniting around ideas, religions, water-filters - or the simple need to repulse an enemy incursion. 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. It was one of the Metro's best stations 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 the legendary Polis, to alert everyone to the awful danger and to get help. He holds the future of his native station in his hands, the whole 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

Critic reviews

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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a slow great build and then such a mind boggling ending. russian sci-fi rocks it !

amazing

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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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here we have a solid, well written and thought out post apoloyptic tale with stroganoff characters, depressing themes and a facinating world, it take a while to get going and the Russian station names blend into eachother a bit but other than that, amazing story

One of the best post apocalyptic tales

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I haven't read the book but have played the videogame a few years ago. So I come to the story relatively fresh.

Anyway as soon as the audible book started I knew it was going to be very good indeed. The narrator does a amazing job not just pronouncing everything perfectly but also using Russian accent for the talking parts with enough variation you can distinguish which character is talking instantly.

As for the story I can't really fault it.

So this audible version easy gets 5 stars and I'll certainly buy the next two audible books in series. I also fancy replaying the games now as well!

Get it!!

Superb

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