The Witness

Metro 2033: The Witness is the debut novel by Konstantin Benev and Irina Baranova, written as part of the Metro 2033 universe. The thirty-first book of the series, this is the first novel of the "Investigation Mysteries" duology.

Synopsis
The action takes place in the St. Petersburg Metro. It is always quiet in the Northern Confederation, because Alex Green works there. No criminal can escape from him. The perpetrator is sure to be captured and punished. The trial is harsh but fair, for Green, the chief witness for the prosecution, is never wrong. However, is he?

Interesting Facts

 * The working title is "The Photographer".
 * The St. Petersburg metro station of Grazhdansky Prospekt is on the cover.
 * The image of Alex Green on the cover is embodied by actor Mikael Nykvist.
 * The first book in which two characters are actually in the foreground on the cover.
 * According to the book, after the Catastrophe there is a repeat of the Washout between the Lesnaya and Ploshchad Muzhestva metro stations, which caused the former to collapse. The real accident occurred on April 8, 1974.
 * A cure for AIDS is mentioned.
 * Alex Green has the ability to psychometrically read the history of things.
 * There is an amateur translation into Polish.