Piter

As I have presented you the original novels, we can move forward. Move to books put inside the world created by Glukhovsky. This series are called The Universe of Metro 2033. It's international project, created and monitored by Dmitry Glukhovsky, author of bestsellers Metro 2033 and Metro 2034, in which many writers take part puttin their stories in postapocalyptic world of Metro 2033. First book of the Universe published in Poland was Piter by Shimun Vrochek and this novel I will introduce to you.

Formerly - Leningrad; Now - Saint Petersburg, Petersburg or just Piter. In city by the Neva, as in Moscow, survived only those who was lucky enough to be in proper place, namely in the Metro.

... we all are dead. Tom Waits echoing in a dead silence of abandoned cafe. Wet Petersburg blues in a rainy night of Nevsky Prospect... White, thick cup on a solid saucer. Black shell inside. Hoarse, haunting voice of Waits sounds in Ivan's ears. In a dead silence, milliroentgens are cracking, gamma radiance pierces through thin walls. Echo. Ivan is standing on the street listening to radioactive blues. In hands he carries a double-barreled shotgun...

Ivan Merkulov's, digger from Vasileostrovskaya, arrangements of wedding are interrupted by outbreak of war with a gang, which is suspected to steal the power generator.

Local skirmish will soon evolve to something a lot more serious. Who will turn out to be a real ally, and who will be a traitor? In defense of rules and his own station Ivan will have to take up uneven fight.