Cars are everywhere. They occupy every aspect of our lives: our waking up, our going to school/work, and even school/work. But when humanity's machines are used for evil purposes, the consequences could mean our death. Nuclear intercontinental ballistic missiles pose a constant threat; just one of their 250 warheads can level cities with a single, large explosion, and one warhead can contaminate 250 miles of air and land, making it inhospitable for thousands of years. In Metro: 2033, the worst-case scenario has come true: the 2013 nuclear war has wiped out most of humanity, and the few thousand people living in the Moscow Metro (Московское метро) are struggling to survive the mutant attacks , still believing in ancient superstitions and fears. , at war over things like religion, ideology, and race, and continually facing despair and depression as they remember an Earth from twenty years earlier, a world of skyscrapers, travel, and sunny, carefree days. Dmitry Glukhovsky's post-apocalyptic novel for adults, first published in Russia in 2005 by Orionbooks, is very similar to Ann Aguirre's Enclave, which also takes humanity underground after a nuclear/biological war. Metro: 2033 is the sad but accurate epitome of humanity after the nuclear holocaust, a world of superstition, rumors, desperation and death. Metro: 2033 is alarming in its detailed and realistic depiction of human life after the death of civilization. The main character, Artyom, lives in the Moscow metro, under the ruined city. Thanks to Soviet planning, most stations are equipped with armored doors and air and water filters, meaning that real-life stations could actually survive a nearby nuclear attack, as happens in Metro : 2033. Artyom was a child when the nuclear missiles hit ... middle of the paper ... and these two argue all the time. Glukhovsky's book is full of gray areas, of vague details that may or may not become clear. There are many types of mutated threats, with only one goal: “Survive. Survive at any cost." (Glukhovsky 9). His novel managed to captivate readers in a complex universe full of ideas and monstrosities. This book is very detailed and accurate, and as a result, it is very popular and successful. Artyom's odyssey through a people of the future and a backward people is very intriguing, and the time Glukhovsky spent detailing every aspect of life was well spent. Many different theological and political ideas, as well as superstitions and voices, and the concepts as a whole were very thought-provoking and really engaged the reader. Works Cited Glukhovsky, Dmitry Metro.