The Edge of the Earth

Metro 2033: The Edge of the Earth is the third book by Suren Tsormudian, written as part of the Metro 2033 universe and the first volume of his novel The Edge of the Earth. It's part of the conditional series "From Edge to Edge". Released in January 2018, this is eighty-sixth book in the series.

Synopsis
A group of scientists investigating the nature of geological disasters have no idea that they will face a disaster more monstrous and destructive than volcanoes. Moreover, a man-made catastrophe - a nuclear war. Years after these events, the three volcanologists are forced to survive in a corner of paradise, lost in the midst of a terrible new world created by humanity's last war. The living conditions here, at the edge of the earth, are very favorable. But people find it hard to let go of past wrongs, so the foreign explorers have to hide their origins. The community of Kamchatka survivors will hardly spare an Italian, much less an American, as well as the compatriot who covered them when the truth is no longer a mystery. But none of them suspects that a different, more ruthless enemy is ready to run its claws down each of the survivors' throats, regardless of the nationality of the victim. And no one knows what the amazing Kamchatka hides within itself and how nature itself is eager to acquaint people with its power.

Interesting Facts

 * The working title for this novel was Volcano.
 * The novel was so long that it had to be split into two volumes, three months apart.
 * The subtitle of the first volume - "Paradise Lost".
 * The image of Eugene Saprykin was embodied by the author himself, although he imagined Stephen Lang as the visualizer for this character in the image of Commander Nathaniel Taylor from the TV series Terra Nova, and the prototype was a preschool friend of the author.
 * The Seaside Quartet and Antonio Quaglia also had prototypes. As the former are Suren Tsormudian's school friends (with the exception of Alexander Tsoi, who replaced the author himself), and as Antonio in the Italian writer Roberto Quaglia.
 * Thanks to the peculiarities of Kamchatka's environment, this region quickly recovered from the main effects of nuclear bombing.
 * Themes of equality before nature and interethnic prejudice are raised in this novel.