The World's End

Metro 2033: The World's End is a novel by the collective of authors under the pseudonym "Timofey Kalashnikov", written as part of the Metro 2033 universe. The twenty-ninth book in the series, this novel is set in the Moscow subway.

Synopsis
Everything in the world has two sides. The obverse and reverse of a coin. The good and the bad inside a person. Light and darkness. Now, even the world itself has a front and back side. Only not everyone will find the courage to face the wrong side of the world. After all, life turned inside out is much scarier than the usual order of things. Especially for the young, brought up in the traditions of high communist ideals of the inhabitant of the Red Branch of the Moscow Metro. On the other side of the world is not in honor of friendship and love. Duty and loyalty. Weaknesses and doubts. And the life and death of a man here - a mere bargaining chip, carelessly put on the line in a dirty game of power...

Interesting Facts

 * Under the pseudonym "Timofey Kalashnikov" are the following authors: Elona Demidova, Andrei Grebenshchikov, Konstantin Baranov, and Pavel Starovoitov. Also sometimes attributed to the team is Mike Zinovkin, author of the epigraphs to the chapters of this novel.
 * An alternate plot was posted on the portal, using Dmitry Glukhovsky's banned Invisible Watchers.
 * The cover depicts the Moscow metro station Ploshchad Revolutsii.
 * According to one of the fans, Evgeny Yeshchenko, the image of Peter Lykov on the cover was embodied by the boxer Boris Lagutin in his youth.
 * The only book in which the chapter count begins with a negative number.