It is a great read for those that can stomach such macabre fiction and deal with gut-wrenching endings. The world Dmitri has created is harsh and pessimistic with almost no hope in sight. And even in such a world, the power of the human spirit plays out. Tears in reality itself, paranormal phenomena and psychological horror are faced not by brave heroes, but factions desperate for survival-sometimes so much so that they turn to hateful ideologies or descend into insane cults that eclipse any monstrosity that has ever been for their terror and brutality. The monsters are not creatures of magic and myth, but mutated animals or humans, military experiments, and ghastly beings that bid their time underground for thousands of years, waiting for man’s final hour to emerge from the darkness. A war so devastating and inhumane that even experimental biological and chemical fury was unleashed to devastate and haunt the few survivors of the initial annihilation. They are the scant traces of human life remaining from an all-out nuclear war that engulfed the entire world. The rest of the world is not represented by brave kingdoms or united human forces, but just a desolate few thousand survivors, huddled together in the gigantic, astoundingly massive underground complex of the Moscow Metro and the adjacent underground bunkers, sewers, and catacombs. His home is not a medieval village or space station, but rather the Moscow Metro station, VDNKh (“Exhibition”). A classic tale of fiction? Maybe, but what makes it so enthralling is the world the author Dmitry Glukhovsky envisioned. The book that started it all tells the tough and often heartbreaking story of Artyom, a young man steeling himself for an adventure to save his home from monsters, whose very presence is spit in the face of humankind. Today we will be taking a brief look at the history of not only the amazing video games, but also the books that started it all. It is one of the most beloved pieces of post-apocalyptic fiction in both gaming and literature and has found success all over the world. Spanning three official books, three official video games and dozens of spin-off books, a successful board game, a massive community and even a movie in the works. The Metro franchise stands proud as one of the most successful cross-media experiments of the 21 st century.

Metro 2033 book series