Monday, May 2, 2011

Metro 2034 Dmitry Glukhovsky: the story continues

Here comes the sequel to 2033 Metro Multiplayer. en Editions is pleased to announce the release of Metro 2034, the highly anticipated sequel to the bestselling Russian Metro 2033 diDmitry Glukhovsky, atypical science fiction novel, a post nuclear noir, set in a dilapidated Moscow, where radiation and genetically created chimeras made the surface completely uninhabitable by humans.

Published in Russia in 2009, 2034 sold out in the first six months of more than 300 000 copies, and remained among the best Russian novels of the period. Like its predecessor, Metro 2034 has had a double serving, on paper and online, read free of charge for more than 1 million Internet users.

Deeper, philosophical and introspective of the previous one, this new novel explores Glukhovsky and outlines the best characters in the previous chapter and for the first time addresses the theme of love, thanks to a new heroine Sasha. From the introduction: "2034 AD - The whole world is in ruins.

Humanity has been almost entirely wiped out. The half-ruined city have become unbearable due to the high level of radiation ... The civilization is disappearing. The stories of great men are mixed with memories shrouded in lies and turn into legends ...". Synopsis One year after the conclusion of the facts narrated in the first chapter of Metro, the narrative resumes at the station "Sevastopolskaya" of the Moscow Metro.

After twenty years since the war began, the world's surface is completely hostile to homo sapiens. Citizens of "Sevastopolskaya" have turned the station into a small fortress to survive the endless waves of monsters from the nearby station Chertanovskaya. They consider their home as a kind of "Sparta" by training their soldiers well enough to be feared by the rest of the metro.

In addition, the engineers of "Sevastopolskaya" have managed to build many hydroelectric power stations can use the underground currents, making them an invaluable supply of electricity for "Ganza" and the rest of the Moscow underground. Everything seems to be going right, but there is a fatal problem that not even the brave people of "Sevastopolskaya" can not solve: the distance from the center.

Metro 2034 is already available in all bookstores, online and in supermarkets. At the Turin Book Fair 2011, May 14 at 11:30 am at the Hall Book, inside the Oval, will be held the press conference presenting the book: "The universe was born in the Moscow metro is expanding: in 2034 and Metro Italian experience of Metro Universe! " Among the guests: Tullio Francesco Avoledo and Pannofino.

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