This modern science fiction novel by Dmitri Glukhovski has caused a lot of excitement among Russian science fiction lovers. It is not only original and horror filled but it is truly a work of art and has been critically acclaimed as “genius”.
The plot of the novel is twisted and sometimes a bit confusing but it truly makes the reader sit up and think about what the world could turn to if people do not realize their mistakes before it is to late.
It is 2033, decades after a nuclear war on the Earth has wiped out most of the human population. Some survivors managed to hide in Moscow's underground system, the Metro. Their descendants still remain there after many years, unable to go up to surface as the air has become poisonous and many strange and terrible creatures have evolved there. One type of these creatures simply called by the inhabitants of the underground “black” or “death” due to their tough black skin that protects them on the surface and due to their murderous ways now threaten to destroy the Metro and wipe out the remaining human population.
The story follows a young adult called Artem who is currently living on the most affected station in the whole of the underground. There he meets a man called “hunter” who gives him a mission that will change his whole life. Artem must make his way to the centre of the underground, go up to the surface and destroy the lair of the “deaths” before they wipe out everyone he loves. Artem has no other choice but to take up this mission and throughout his travels encounters many different people, horrors and secrets.
The end of the novel has a surprising and definitely unexpected twist that once again makes the reader sit up and think about human ways and how they will eventually lead to their own downfall.
This book is definitely a great read for horror lovers everywhere. Personally I believe it would make a great motion picture. Original. Powerful. Terrifying till the end.
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