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Metro 2033

By: Dmitry Glukhovsky
Narrated by: Rupert Degas
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The year is 2033. The world has been reduced to rubble. Humanity is nearly extinct and 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.

Man has handed over stewardship of the Earth to new life-forms. Mutated by radiation, they are better adapted to the new world. A few score thousand survivors live on, not knowing whether they are the only ones left on Earth, living in the Moscow Metro - the biggest air-raid shelter ever built. Stations have become mini-statelets, their people uniting around ideas, religions, water-filters, or the need to repulse enemy incursion.

VDNKh is the northernmost inhabited station on its line, one of the Metro's best stations and secure. But 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 danger and to get help. He holds the future of his station in his hands, the whole Metro - and maybe the whole of humanity.

©2007 Dmitry Glukhovsky (P)2012 Orion Publishing Group

About the Creator

Dmitry Glukhovsky, born in Moscow in 1979, graduated from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, in journalism and international relations. He worked as a TV journalist in France and Russia, and reported for German and Israeli Public National Radio. Glukhovsky is fluent in English, French, German, Hebrew, Russian, and Spanish. Because of his outspoken position on the Putin administration in general and the war against Ukraine in particular, he was sentenced to eight years of prison. The writer lives in exile. The idea to create the internationally acclaimed science-fiction series Metro goes back to his youth: He started it at the age of 16, spending hours in the underground on his way to school. Glukhovsky´s first theater play, The White Factory, is a major success in London. He also engages in the TV, film, and gaming industries as a script writer.

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Loved it!

Story is well written and well narrated. Loved listening to it over a road trip from Las Vegas to Texas! Big fan of the video game series and now just as big of a fan of the book series!

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Greatest Coming Of Age Story

In my experience at this point, this is the best coming of age story I've heard. The story of Artyom coming to understand (at least to an extent) the world around him is one of the most interesting tales I've heard, at the time of this review I have gone through this story 4 times and it is always interesting to me. Highly recommended.

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Dude!

it was an awesome story it helped me understand the games too now I need to replay them.

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Into the Metro

artyom of the metro goes on a harrowing journey in the darkness in order to save his home station. having played the game, I found the book varies a bit in some places and has much different tones. I enjoyed the read but the build up just felt a tad lackluster. all in all though I did enjoy myself!

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Awesome!!!

Best Audible book so far and the story is very compelling. I’m going to listen to it again and again!

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Great story, hit or miss performance

Performance can be hit or miss, especially when first getting into the book, this is due to the accents that the narrator uses. That being said, it really helps differentiate the different characters.

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One of the best!

if you played the games them listen to this book or read it even if you haven't played the games read it! really good book!

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Another great Odyssey

A gritty mind-bending tail that does not disappoint in any way. A must have for the Sci-Fi enthusiast.

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Awesome story

Production could have added some different music in between chapters. However over all a good listen.

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Perfect

I love the audio book it gives me something to relax to or listen to while i work. Metro is one of my most favorite series an definitely worth a try. My favorite part is when khan saves artyom from the same fate as bourbon. The Narrator does a really amazing job to and I love listening to when the characters speak and the narrator is really easy to follow along with!! :).

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