Artyom now has a family and is a stalker someone who travels to the surface of irradiated moscow. Last light, as well as novels written by other authors within and for the universe of metro 2033 international book franchise 70 books published by october 2015. At kolomenskaya, they both made a living from scavenging on the surface and trading found objects for. Aug 12, 2012 telling the story of artyom between the fateful events of metro 2033 and metro. I really enjoyed metro 2033 and i was excited to listen to metro 2034 but this book did not amount to the previous. At kolomenskaya, they both made a living from scavenging on the surface and trading found objects for food, ammo and. He does not appear in metro 2034, which features a different man. May 16, 2017 metro 2034 was a good story, but it was not about artyom at all, but instead follows hunter and a new protagonist called homer. Metro 2033 is a firstperson shooter survival horror video game developed by 4a games and published by thq. Though you have to read the books and play the games to discover the intricate details on offer, here is a rundown of the canonical metro timeline todate. Mar 16, 2009 ironically, metro 2034 is the sequel to metro 2033. Metro 2033, merto 2034, merto last light, merto exudos. Yeah, i prefer sasha from metro 2034 replacing anna instead, though we know how her fate turned out in metro 2035 which is quite grim.
If it is artyoms philosophising, and the predictions about the future, that he enjoyed, then i would recommend the sacred book of the werewolf by viktor pelevin very near future, with fantastic elements or day of the oprichnik by vladimir sorokin. Last light, metro exodus 2019 and the novel metro 2035. Hey everyone, i just finished metro 2033 redux and did a little research on the possible 3rd game. Honestly i was disappointed that this story wasnt about artyom and while he was featured pretty late in the book i really wished that they hadnt named the book metro 2034 because i was led to believe that it was continuing the story of artyom but aside from that the story of homer, sasha, and hunter was a good one and this book really builds. Ironically, metro 2034 is the sequel to metro 2033. He named himself homer after the author of the iliad because of his wish to write in his style and he has made it his life goal to chronicle the events and history of the postapocalyptic metro. The gospel according to artyom is a bridge to metro 2034. Jun 12, 2015 i was really confused to find metro 2035 in a bookshop, since i never knew there was going to be another sequel to the series.
It actually unites both stories and the characters from books and games to crown the saga. Homer is a former metro technician now living in sevastopolskaya station. Artyom illustrates the consequences of the events the ended metro 2033. Metro 2033 looking for books similar to metro 2033 showing. Metro map 20332034 years in english steam community. This has been bugging me since ll was originally released, so i thought asking you all may help enlighten me a bit. So, games and books merge and create a synthesis instead of clashing with each other. The story is based on dmitry glukhovskys novel of the same title, and is set in the ruins of moscow following a nuclear war, where the survivors are forced to live in underground metro tunnels. I didnt like the role he played in 2034, but i heard that the artyom in 2034 isnt even the same artyom as the one in 2033, since the one in 2034 is called popow. He was help by a young kid who didnt like what his father did to others.
Did they up artyoms age, because hes 20 in 2033, and apparently older than that in ll because he has memories of his mother and the world before the apocalypse. The great war is an integral part of the metro series canon, as its the major event that predates the events of both the books and the games. It is set in the moscow metro, where the last survivors hide after a global nuclear holocaust. I was really confused to find metro 2035 in a bookshop, since i never knew there was going to be another sequel to the series.
Some of the events in last light are similar to the events in 2035, but the book sort of messes with what a lot of people think is cannon with regards to the whole universe as presented in the games and other books, by various authors. The world of 2033 lies in ruins as a result of world war iii a. The story was boring most of the time and i cannot stop a book once i am listening. If it is artyom s philosophising, and the predictions about the future, that he enjoyed, then i would recommend the sacred book of the werewolf by viktor pelevin very near future, with fantastic elements or day of the oprichnik by vladimir sorokin. It has been followed by two sequels, metro 2034 and metro 2035, and spawned the vast metro media franchise. But it also continues the story of metro 2034 the book. This is just a little thing i did, according to the. Please see hunter disambiguation for other meanings. Melnik used a light machine gun when he first met artyom, and had an ammunition belt across his chest. Artyom finally able to get out of the russian station.
It continues the story of artyom, the protagonist of metro 2033 as he desperately searches for survivors of the terrible world war 3. When i listened to the first book in the trilogy my setting was perfect it was november and the dark, cold, commutes and dog walks were the perfect environment to experience the dystopian nightmare playing out in the postwar subway stations and tunnels of moscow. Metro 2034 was a good story, but it was not about artyom at all, but instead follows hunter and a new protagonist called homer. Metro 2033 is the book that formed the basis of the popular video game series for which it is perhaps better known, set in a world that has been devastated by nuclear war, where the remains of what is left of humanity have been forced to seek shelter in the moscow metro system.
Cometejay00 after the crippling defeat of the reds at d6, artyom must go on a new journey that will take him to the ends of the metro and moscow while discovering new friends and old enemies. It is the third installment in the metro video game series based on dmitry glukhovskys novels, following the events of metro 2033 and metro. In the south of the metro, sevastopolskaya station relies on regular supplies of ammunition and other goods from the central stations to survive. But this short piece also gives significant background into his life before and during the apocalyptic event. It was published in 2005 in russia and on march 28, 2010 in the united states. In the novel, hunter does not give artyom his ranger token but a metal capsule made from a machine gun cartridge that was later revealed to contain a message written on paper. English after some messages from people around about that they cant read in russian i did the translation of the map. His metro saga is being told across his own novels metro 2033 and metro 2034, the two video games inspired by the books and continuing their storyline metro 2033 and metro. Last light, the gospel according to artyom serves to link both stories together and give an unexpected insight into what really happened in the beginning of it all.
Metro 2034 by dmitry glukhovsky, rupert degas, audio cd. The book dragged on at times and would eventually lead to a climax only to be let down when the climax came. Metro exodus is a firstperson shooter video game developed by 4a games and published by deep silver in 2019. In i think metro 2035, artyom gets stuck right outside the entrance to a station in i think a bathroom and theres a womans skeleton in there and some writing on the wall. Last light the gospel according to artyom by dmitry. Last light is not cannon and the bad ending in 2033 is cannon as seen in last light.
I was even more surprized to find out that the book was focused around artyom, the main character from the first metro book. 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. It is set within the moscow metro, where the last survivors hide after a global nuclear holocaust. Last light takes place in 2034, one year after the events of metro 2033, following the ending of the original novel in which artyoms missile strike against the dark ones mysterious beings that seemingly threatened the survivors of a nuclear war living in the moscow metro occurred. So, metro 2035 the novel picks the story up where metro last light redux the game dropped it. Metro 2025 is the final book in the brilliant postapocalyptic series by russian author dmitry glukhovsky. Artyom, the main character in the book and game metro 2033, metro. Metro 2034 artyom does not appeair that book hunter is well less human more killing machine. The event that has led to the postnuclear reality of metro 2033 has different names that vary between locations and from one source to. Telling the story of artyom between the fateful events of metro 2033 and metro. Ok, then its just that the other apocalyptic dystopian novels that i can think of, have a much higher sexandbadlanguage quotient.
The metro books have put dmitry glukhovsky in the vanguard of russian speculative fiction alongside the creator of night watch, sergei lukyanenko. A fairly altered version of the redemption ending is canon in the books, as confirmed by metro 2035 where artyom and anna are married, while miller is alive but crippled. Artyoms death in metro 2034 was retconned, and he survived the flood after all. Please see artyom disambiguation for other meanings. Sasha and her father lived on avtozavodskaya station before they were expelled to station kolomenskaya. You can get out by using the air vents as an escape.
But what i mean back in 2012 i was hoping that artyom gonna met with a lots of character from metro 2034 including sasha. In the novel, hunter gives artyom a spent cartridge from an ak, originally given to him from melnik. A key part of the story, he entrusts artyom with a mission to save the entire moscow metro. The world of metro is a welldeveloped and refreshing take on the postapocalyptic genre.