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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

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  • 09-06-2020

Terrific Book

I found this book because of Degas.
I am so happy I did.
what an incredible story.
I purchased Book 2 as soon as Book 1 finished.

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Genuinely fantastic

I never write reviews, but had to for this. I wish I had gotten this book earlier. Amazing story, atmosphere, and brilliant narration. A quality book that is miles ahead of much sci-fi post-apocalyptic fodder out there. Can't recommend highly enough.

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excellent

I absolutely loved it. such a great book and the voice actor did a brilliant job with voices ensurring that the listener knows who is speaking.

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  • 25-06-2019

Disjointed with incredible narration

First of all - stellar narration by Rupert Degas. I think he was the reason I saw this book through.

The book itself is so promising. The scenes, characters and imagery are all top notch. The execution, however, is lacking. The story comes across as quite disjointed and meandering, and while I was listening I would often find that I hadn't really made sense of the sequence for the previous twenty minutes of narration.

I think this book should have been subject to much tighter editing - half of it could have been cut out and the remaining stitched together to allow the story to flow more easily and logically. There's an amazing story in here - somewhere. It just got lost along the way. I'll be casting a curious eye over the sequel, but I'll need some convincing before I buy it.

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Incredible

Great story alongside a great narrator creates a phenomenal atmosphere. My only nitpick is that I had trouble keeping track of which station was which (all the russian names sound similar to my english ears lol).

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Degas, brilliant. Plot, well...

Degas is a captivating narrator. He made this story enjoyable. Whilst it is a unique and interesting idea, there isn't a lot of "thrill" and there is a LOT of pointless dialogue. I don't regret the purchase and I am glad to have heard the story.

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really enjoyed this book would recommend

really enjoyed this book so good would recommend it if you like apocalypse type stuff

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amazing

I love this it's so different to the games and so good, it has such a unique feeling to it

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Worth a read or listen

An outstanding and very detailed book, a highly recommend read/listen. Rupert really makes you feel as though the characters are alive and you can imagine the conversations and the battles between stations. i love the games but nothing beats the book.

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absolutely astounding

couldn't be better absolutely amazing brilliantly narrated and performed with a clear idea and emotion

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