Running Along the Edge

Metro 2035: Running Along the Edge - The first joint novel by Olga Shvetsova and Igor Osipov, written as part of the Metro Universe. Released in August 2018 as part of the Metro 2035 Universe, this is the seventh book of the premium series.

Synopsis
In the Fourth Reich, strictness and order rule - so everyone thinks. But in a society where people follow orders without a second thought, where people are killed for any fault, a double game has long been played. And the player of this game, paradoxically enough, is an ethnic German named George Stoltz. How long can he hide under the mask of a regime fanatic? Everything was fine until the Fuhrer was told that somewhere in the cellars, under Petrovka, there is no less than a ton of RDX... Now Stoltz has to think up how to destroy the Lubyanka and... save it.

Interesting Facts

 * The novel can certainly be called an adaptation of Seventeen Moments of Spring with the realities of the subway, but not too strict.
 * According to Igor Osipov, his entry adapts exactly the TV series Seventeen Moments of Spring, and not the original novel by Yulian Semyonov, as they have a different presentation of the plot. Also, certain events experienced by Stolz fit more with the television series.
 * A tribute to the iconic Soviet TV series defines the genre of the work as a spy novel.
 * Despite the abundance of details about the Reich, from its creation and leaders to the ideological background, the authors avoided in every way the propaganda of National Socialism or related ideologies. On the contrary, Running Along the Edge gives an insight into what the orders of this faction are like from the inside.
 * Although a novel in its own right, it has a strong connection to Olga Shvetsova and Shamil Altamirov's Pandora's Box.
 * Melnik himself appears in two scenes.
 * Also appearing is Gauleiter "Wolf" Pushkin, who reveals the true identity of the top politicans, including the Führer, acting in the second half of 2033.
 * The main character, Stolz, is embodied on the cover by the Austrian actor Christoph Waltz. The authors themselves see American actor Eugene Robert Glaser as the visualizer of the character.