Shelter of Forgotten Souls

Metro 2035: Shelter of Forgotten Souls is the second novel by Yuri Kharitonov, written as part of the "Metro Universe" and the Age of Madness series. Released in September 2018 as part of the Metro 2035 Universe, this is the eighth book of the premium series.

Synopsis
An unknown faction is stealing children. They take them from their families, take them somewhere far away and never return them. The children no longer believe that they will be found, they know that everyone has forgotten about them. They live in the Shelter of Forgotten Souls and only hope for deliverance... But the bandits ran into the wrong people. Angry people rushed after them, driven by vengeance to restore justice once and for all. A man and a woman began their journey for different reasons, but their roads, like bickford cords, carry the fuse of righteous anger. They are sure to meet at one point, at the place where the kidnappers, breaking all principles, brought the children together. And then there will be... An explosion?

Main Characters

 * Mikhail Prokhorov is a hunter from the village of Osanovets in the Ivanovo region.
 * Alexandra (Alexa) Prokhorova is Mikhail's daughter, 15 years old. She helps her father on the hunt.
 * Nikolai Rostov - a teenager from Yuryev-Polsky, 16 years old. Has telepathic abilities.
 * Sofia Makarenko ("Sova") is a fearless girl-sniper from the Vologda region, the daughter of an officer in a special unit. She intends to avenge her father, who was killed by the bandits of the Order of Oilmen, but after learning about the kidnappings of children Sofia decides to postpone the revenge for the sake of saving the children.
 * Vasily Stepanovich Chernomorov ("Chernomor") is the main villain of the novel, a homicidal maniac with mental abilities. He is obsessed with killing children.
 * Ruslan Ozimov is a rebellious boy from Yuryev Polsky, 11 years old. Even while in captivity, he defies Chernomor.

Secondary Characters

 * Varvara (Varya) Vydrenkova is a girl Yuryev Polsky, 18 years old. Like Rostov has rudiments of telepathic abilities. The first to rush after the kidnappers, as her ten-year-old brother Vanya was among the children.
 * Pyotr Vasilyevich Kizlyak is an old scientist-hypnotist, self-proclaimed saint father of the Temple of New Life, creator of the Shelter of Forgotten Souls in the former Goritsky Monastery in Pereslavl-Zalessky.
 * Katya Karpova is a girl from the village of Svyatovo in the Yaroslavl region. She was kidnapped by Chernomor, and her parents and one-year-old brother, who had signs of mutation, were killed by the kidnappers.

Interesting Facts

 * Could have come out both in the classic series and after Steel Island in the premium. In the end came out before it.
 * Wide coverage of regions - Ivanovo, Vladimir, Yaroslavl, Vologda_ and Tver are involved. The latter is only mentioned, the main emphasis is placed on Vladimir and Yaroslavl.
 * Conditional continuation of the novel ''At the Edge of the Abyss':.
 * The main antagonist is an evil clown, stealing children from small villages and killing adults. His story is well told in the novel, although the plot is mostly on behalf of other characters.
 * There are many children in the novel, and two of the four story lines are about them.
 * The first book of the premium series with a girl on the cover.
 * The family of the protagonist of one of the four story lines, who lived in Ivanovo's Osanivets, once helped Igor Potemkin from the previous part of the cycle.
 * The part of the storyline with Owl can be considered a prequel to Over the Horizon, regarding the Order of Oilmen. The author coordinated these scenes with Andrey Dyakov.
 * The first book with the 18+ censor on the front cover has been modified, and the inscription "Contains Foul Language" on the fourth side is gone. There is indeed no profanity in the book, but there is plenty of brutality and creepiness.