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# Metro 2033

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Metro 2033 : Glukhovsky, Dmitry: desertcart.in: Books

Review: The characters of this novel and it's world are written beautifully. - 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
Review: Amazing environment, little difficult to read - 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.

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| Best Sellers Rank | #156 in Post-Apocalyptic Science Fiction (Books) #335 in Science Fiction Adventures |
| Book 1 of 3  | METRO |
| Customer Reviews | 4.5 4.5 out of 5 stars (7,651) |
| Dimensions  | 15.24 x 2.95 x 22.86 cm |
| Generic Name  | 1 |
| ISBN-10  | 1481845705 |
| ISBN-13  | 978-1481845700 |
| Item Weight  | 726 g |
| Language  | English |
| Packer  | Createspace Independent Publishing Platform |
| Print length  | 460 pages |
| Publication date  | 17 January 2013 |
| Publisher  | Lightning Source Inc |
| Reading age  | 5 years and up |

## Images

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ The characters of this novel and it's world are written beautifully.
*by S***H on 14 April 2020*

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

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Amazing environment, little difficult to read
*by P***T on 17 April 2024*

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.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Poor translation... I almost did not understand 3-5% of the book... Due to poor translation
*by S***E on 6 December 2019*

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...

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