“Metro 2033” by Dmitry Glukhovsky is a cult science fiction novel, the most discussed Russian book in recent years. Circulation - half a million, translations into dozens of languages, plus a grandiose computer game! This post-apocalyptic story inspired a galaxy of modern writers, and now they are together creating the Metro Universe 2033, a series of books based on the famous novel. The heroes of these new stories will finally go beyond the Moscow metro. Their adventures on the surface of the Earth, almost destroyed by nuclear war, exceed all expectations. Now the struggle for the survival of humanity will be waged everywhere! Two thousand and thirty-three. Veliky Ustyug, destroyed by the Last War, is one of the most ancient cities of the Russian North. The mutant Gleb seems to be quite happy in his marriage to the young Snow Maiden-Sasha. You can even forget for a while about your own frightening appearance and the fact that between the rulers of the city, the Saint and Father Frost, a sluggish “chess game” continues, or rather, a checkers game of giveaway. It’s possible... if only a new player had not appeared at the “board” - the mysterious “Arkhangelsk demon” with his no less mysterious retinue almost from the underworld itself. And now there is something much more important at stake than just winning the kings.