Steel Island

Metro 2035: Steel Island is a collaborative novel by Dmitry Manasypov and Shamil Altamirov, written as part of the Metro Universe. Released in October 2018 as part of the Metro 2035 Universe, this is ninth book of the premium series.

Synopsis
A teenage boy, along with a handful of people, escaped the atomic flames of war on a tiny, ice-bound island. For two decades, these "willy-nilly Robinsons" had built a life among the rocks, polar bears, and pack ice. But Death had not forgotten. Death simply searched a long time for the island lost in the ocean...

Interesting Facts
Стальной остров
 * The first novel written by Dmitry Manasypov in co-authorship, as part of the Universe.
 * Both authors have previously been featured in the premium series. For Dmitry it will be the third novel in the "Universe of Metro 2035" (the previous - Beyond the Ice Clouds, Evil Dog), and for Shamil - the second and again in co-authorship.
 * Initially, the authors thought of writing a prequel crossover about Morhold and Basmache, but the editor persuaded him to present the reader with an entirely new story. As a result, such a crossover will be included as two solo stories from each of the novel's co-authors in the December collection.
 * "Steel Island" is a Russian icebreaker with survivors of various nationalities depicted on both sides of the cover, where its "role" was played by the nuclear-powered icebreaker Yamal.
 * Locations featured in the novel are Novaya Zemlya, Barents Sea, and Franz Josef Land. The Yamal Peninsula is briefly mentioned. However, this is the first novel of the "Universe of Metro 2035", for which no map was created at all.
 * The novel doesn't contain references to Sergey Moskvin's Hunger, due to the fact that Novaya Zemlya appears only as of July 2013.
 * The third novel, after Red Option and Evil Dog, taking place in the year 2035.
 * At the same time, one part of the novel takes place entirely in 2013 not as a flashback.
 * The novel's genre can be defined as a chilling (to match the Far North) horror.