
Reluctantly, he opts to go with Khan and ends up making the right decision. He could keep travelling with Khan, or he could begin traveling with the rest of the people, relying purely on numbers to fend off the tunnel's monsters.

Eventually, Artyom reaches a fork in his path. They first need to gather supplies for traveling through a strange tunnel. After this, Khan and Artyom plan a route to Artyom's ultimate goal, Polis. Helping Khan retrieve Bourbon's equipment, Artyom discovers that Bourbon never planned to pay him at all, and probably planned on killing him. Luckily for Artyom, a mysterious stranger arrives Khan. However, Artyom's travels with Bourbon come to a tragic end, when his companion seemingly slips into insanity and dies. In exchange for a hefty amount of cartridges and an assault rifle, Artyom promises to help Bourbon getting through several tunnels.


Although set in the same world, it isn't a direct sequel to Metro 2033 and does not feature the same protagonist.

The novel contains elements of science fiction, post-apocalyptic fiction, and dystopia, in which Russia's 'present-day' society is meticulously analysed and described. The book describes the consequences of an atomic war: its only survivors strive for existence in the mazes of the Moscow metro system some two decades after a nuclear apocalypse. Metro 2033 (Russian: Метро 2033), by Russian journalist/author Dmitry Glukhovsky, tells the story of a young man named Artyom who traverses the dangers of his apocalyptic world to save it from a new threat from the north. Dear Muscovites and guests to our capital! The Moscow metro is a form of transportation which involves a heightened level of danger.
