Dmitriĭ Glukhovskiĭ

"The novel that gave birth to the video games 'Metro 2033' and 'Metro: Last Light.' ... In 2013 the world was devastated by an apocalyptic event, annihilating almost all mankind and turning the earth's surface into a poisonous wasteland. A handful of survivors took refuge in the depths of the Moscow underground, and human civilization entered a new Dark Age. The year is 2033. An entire generation has been born and raised underground, and their besieged Metro Station-Cities struggle for survival, with each other, and the mutant horrors that await outside. Artyom was born in the last days before the fire. Having never ventured beyond his Metro Station-City limits, one fateful event sparks a desperate mission to the heart of the Metro system, to warn the remnants of mankind of a terrible impending threat. His journey takes him from the forgotten catacombs beneath the subway to the desolate wastelands above, where his actions will determine the fate of mankind"--P. [4] of Cover.

The Novel Behind Metro: Last Light

Metro 2033

Jack O‘Conner

Die Anzahl der Plätze im Paradies war begrenzt, nur zur Hölle stand das Tor für alle offen

Stephanie 

One cartridge-one death. Someone’s life removed. A hundred grammes of tea cost five human lives. A length of sausage? Very cheap if you please: just fifteen lives. A quality leather jacket, on sale today, is just twenty-five so you’re saving five lives. The daily exchange at this market was equal in lives to the entire population of the metro.

But try to free it and you will see: it flows differently for different people, for some it is slow and viscous, counted in the inhalations and exhalations of smoked cigarettes, for others it races along, and they can only measure it in past lives.

Our medicine is at the level of jackals. And there’s as much humanity in us too.

‘He who is brave and patient enough to peer into the darkness his whole life will be first to see a flicker of light in it.’

Sofía Navarro

Sintió como un andor en los ojos y se dio cuenta, avergonzado, de que las lágrimas los empañaban. Dio un paso adelante y abrazó con fuerza a Sukhoy.

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