White Leopard

Metro 2033: White Leopard is the debut novel by Tagir Kireev, written as part of the Metro 2033 universe and released in January 2014. It's the forty-fourth book in the series. The novel is set in Kazan.

Synopsis
In the speeches of sweet-voiced djinn, woven into a single pattern, a new story is born. Retold by thousands of parents' mouths, absorbed all the legends and folk tales of the beautiful Kazan, it gives life to new characters, new adventures, an emerald reflection in children's eyes, which cannot be closed until you listen to the end. The eastern tale of the post-apocalyptic world of 2033. The Legend of the White Bar...

Interesting Facts

 * The author's real name is Ramil Karipov, also known as the ex-director of series development. The pseudonym was taken in memory of Ramil's friend.
 * The text was completely rewritten: in the draft there were three hitherto non-existent lines, and the main character's name was different.
 * The first reference to the novel appeared a year before the book's release - in Beyond the Horizon by Andrei Dyakov.
 * Although there is no connection between From the Depths and The White Leopard, other than the fact that part of the action of the first novel takes place in Kazan, and the second is entirely devoted to it, the authors slightly divided the city. Thus, Ruslan described the Zilantov Monastery and its surroundings, while Ramil described the subway and its southern suburbs.