Metro 2034: The novels that inspired the bestselling games

Dmitry Glukhovsky

Feb 2014 · Hachette UK

About this ebook

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

The Metro books have put Dmitry Glukhovsky in the vanguard of Russian speculative fiction alongside the creator of Night Watch, Sergei Lukyanenko.

A year after the events of METRO 2033 the last few survivors of the apocalypse, surrounded by mutants and monsters, face a terrifying new danger as they hang on for survival in the tunnels of the Moscow Metro.

Featuring blistering action, vivid and tough characters, claustrophobic tension and dark satire the Metro books have become bestsellers across Europe.

Readers can't get enough of the Metro series:

'What can I say - once you pick up this book and start reading, it's just amazingly hard to actually put it down until you finish. And after that, you just want MORE!!' Goodreads reviewer, ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐

'This does everything right in its additions to the metro world. A great story with super fleshed out characters, who have all been warped by the new life humanity leads underground' Goodreads reviewer, ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐

'The author is particularly good at character development and world building. I've read a lot of dystopian novels but nothing like [Metro 2033] and [Metro 2034]' Goodreads reviewer, ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐

'What a sequel! From page 1 on you get soaked into this dark, creepy and yet beautiful universe' Goodreads reviewer, ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐

'Metro 2034 is an amazing book, it shows tremendous amount of thought. The post-apocalyptic/sci-fi feel of the book makes it very exciting' Goodreads reviewer, ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐

Ratings and reviews

After reading Metro 2033, I was eager to find out what happened to Artyon and the lugubrous, but fascinating world created by the author. I did not find in Metro 2034 any of the things that enchanted me in the previous book. Gone was the constant sense of adventure and wonder, as well as the almost philosophical reflections that punctuated the conversations among the characters. Metro 2034 is nothing but a mishmash of poorly assembled stereotyped, shallow one-dimensional characters in fragmented plot.

A short adventure through the much loved and feared Moscow Metro. Metro 2034 does not deliver the same feeling as it's predecessor, neither in depth nor atmospherics. yet the Insight to this world from a vulnerable and gritty perspective leaves you involved. For The Order!

It is just really all around the place. Loved 2033, could barely put down that book. This on the other hand feels messy, too much focus on boring details while there were parts I had to reread 4-5 times to understand who says what to whom

About the author

Dmitry Glukhovsky was an award-winning International journalist in Russia. METRO 2033 was a runaway bestseller and launched his successful career as a novelist. Fluent in five languages he has gone on to write three further novels and has also launched a hugely successful shared-world writing franchise set in the Metro Universe.