Metro 2033

By: Dmitry Glukhovsky

Narrated by: Rupert Degas

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

Great story!

Really enjoyed story, performance, everything. It was in some areas philosophical which only added to my enjoyment. Can't wait to listen or even read the next one.

A fantastic coming of age story and more

What happens when you are chosen for a special task that you comprehend only at the last moment?
This is a wonderfully clever Russian novel in which the last survivors of a radiation catastrophe live in the Moscow metro, which was also designed to be a bomb shelter. Tens of thousands of citizens of Moscow fled into the metro thinking that they'd be there for a short period. That was an unspecified number of years ago. Now without electricity, stops that were once minutes apart are now long treks thru total darkness or by flashlight. To make matters worse many stations have developed into their own city states, and not all of them are friendly. Or even sane. And that's just the explainable things in the dark world of the Metro.
This story, which is basically that of a young man who has made a promise to travel to a far off station, is so riveting I have to recommend it. Not a YA book, I was at times actually on the edge of my mind(?) with anxiety and dread.
I'm not going to say more except this is well worth the credit.

Rupert Degas is a legend

Anyone who reads this or has read this can acknowledge that Dmitry Glukhovsky is a phenomenal writer. But this review is primarily meant to point out the flexibility and talent of the narrator Rupert Degas. I’ve heard from a lot of my friends that the audiobook really does the book justice, and I can say now that those words are entirely true. Listening to this is a MUST for Metro fans, and even if you’ve already read it yourself.

A grand adventure in a less then grand future!

I would highly recommend this book to anyone who loves post apocalyptic or dystopian future fiction. I really enjoyed the unique story line and the writers knack with words. It shines through the translation, so i can only imagine what it would be like in russian. I do have a few complaints but honestly their not very condemning towards the book as a whole. Other then the ending, which seemed rushed to me. However, again, its not condemning but is sad to a degree. If you enjoy this book, STOP READING THE SERIES! Trust me, dont do that to yourself. Keep this books as the shining light and forget the other ones!

wow

a sense of wonder and awe twisted together with tension and fear. I loved every second.

Absolute cult classic

I read the book once during my days in highschool before the first game was released, and recently picked up a copy of 2034 and 2035 and wanted to re-read this but a busy life makes that hard. I’d forgot how great this book is. If you want to read/listen to it because you’ve played the games, they’re very different, the book is much slower and more of a drama/suspense story than the constant fighting of the games.

Great all the way through.

The narrator is extremely great. Accents and voices make different characters easy to identify and differentiate. The story is one of the best. I had enjoyed the video game by the same name prior to enjoying the book and it brought moments of nostalgia and filled in much more detail to something I already had enjoyed.

Metro 2033 is a great work of fiction

This is the first Metro book from which the game is based upon. The book is much richer and delves into more detail of Artoom's story. If you like post-apocalyptic fiction, this is a must read.

Glorious Post Apocalypse Russian Metro

Fantastic series for those that enjoy post apocalyptic settings. the narrator did an amazing job making the world feel alive and the caddy majority of the characters unique. sorry also has an overall existential tone.

Never give full score someone once told me

Awesome story with cleverly crafted twists and turns and a very vivid depiction of the world the book lives in. I loved it and would recommend it.
I was afraid playing through the game on PC a few years ago would ruin the book, but for me I think it did the opposite!