Metro 2033: Pythia-2 is the fourth novel written by Sergey Moskvin as part of the Metro 2033 universe and the conditional Monsters of the Apocalypse series. Released in June 2018, this is the ninety-first book of the series. The second part of the trilogy Pythia: Shivers of the Earth.
Synopsis[]
What is a woman to do when she no longer wants to live? When her only daughter was killed in front of her eyes. When there is not a single loved one left in the entire subway. When the body is poisoned with deadly toxins and radiation sickness, and in the soul - only despair and gloom. What remains for someone who was recently considered a professional spy, a ruthless hunter of men and brutal mercenary, nicknamed the Hound? Only to take revenge on the murderers of her daughter! Where will her unquenchable thirst for revenge lead her? Will it turn her into a merciless monster like the devourer of a crumbling world, or will she find the strength to confront evil and discover her true destiny?
Interesting Facts[]
- The subtitle is "In Mud and Blood".
- The original plan was not to put a number on the cover.
- The figure of Mikey on the cover corresponds to the author's technical assignment and reflects not so much the true state of affairs, as only the subjective representation of the Hound.
- While the first part features the Worm himself, this one features his guardian demon in various guises.
- In the novel, Satanists inhabit the catacombs of Kitay-gorod. This line can be considered a prequel to Dark Tunnels.
- Such characters as Charon, Claw (Sergey Antonov's characters), and Arkady Semyonovich (Dmitry Glukhovsky's character), head of the Kiev-Blues, appear.