The Apostate

Metro 2033: The Apostate is a novel by Elona Demidova and Evgeny Shkil, written as part of the Metro 2033 universe. The fifty-third book of the series, this novel is set on the Miusskiy Peninsula.

Synopsis
When the flames of the Last War scorched the earth, many things died: the old world and the old values, the old gods and old people. And the few who survived, as is often the case, gladly rejected the old in the name of the new. But human history is a snake biting its own tail. Too often the new is a well-forgotten old, and no less often the old is really worth forgetting. And now on the shores of the Azov Sea are revived traditions of ancient Sparta, and in the city, which almost did not become the capital of the Russian Empire instead of St. Petersburg, rises the dawn of a new humanity. But is it a new one?

Interesting Facts

 * Although Elona Demidova made her debut in the series with the novel The Ripper of the World, where she served as the author of the idea and one of the co-authors,The Departed is the first book with her name on the cover.
 * This is Evgeny Shkil debut novel.
 * A Spartan theme is used.
 * A special worship of monuments is introduced
 * Reference is made to the final resting place of the Murancha swarm: the insects drowned in the waters of the Miussky estuary, where they were eaten by hydras.