Metro 2025 is the final book in the brilliant post-apocalyptic series by Russian author Dmitry Glukhovsky. It continues the story of Artyom, the protagonist of Metro 2033 as he desperately searches for survivors of the terrible World War 3.



Artyom now has a family and is a Stalker (someone who travels to the surface of irradiated Moscow). Up top, he makes contact with survivors and tries to convince the people of the Metro that there is life for mankind up above. But no one believes him so Artyom must travel the tunnels trying to find evidence to convince the populous he is right. But along the way, he meets returning characters, Homer and Sasha from Metro 2034 who help and hinders his journey. And finally both he and the reader uncover the disturbing truth about the history of the Metro. A huge twist that was incredibly well thought out and written and was totally unexpected!!!



This book is much much darker than the other two, with many scenes that demonstrate the worst of humanity, so prepare for some shocking moments! The atmosphere created by Glukhovsky is incredibly tense and draws you in page by page into Artyom's perilous life story.



Plus this is the illustrated version, which makes it all the better! The pictures are gorgeous giving us a brief insight into the world of Metro. Just to note, Metro 2033 and 2034 do have illustrated versions that match this one but they are hard to track down (especially in the UK) because of being American first printings. But with perseverance, you should be able to have a matching set of books.



My only bugbear is the layout of the words, it's a bit on the dodgy side, sometimes space will be forgotten between words or something is needlessly capitalized but either way, I never found it to distract or discourage my reading of Metro 2035.



An incredible finally to a fantastic book series!! I love so much and they maybe have rocketed to the top of my favourites list!! I highly recommend this and the other two books, go read them now and enjoy!!!