I have a book that my husband has purchased, it is called Metro 2033.
You can consider it a speculative fiction because it takes place in the future, after a global, planet-wide nuclear war. After the nuclear missiles have detonated the only people who managed to survive in Moscow were the ones that were in the metro at that moment, because metro was built with the idea of being a bomb-shelter in mind as well.
The story is told from the face of a teenage boy, who barely remembers the sky, who spent his entire life underground.
This novel talks a lot about animal mutants and people who are left after the conflict, who have to deal with the new circumstances.
From the first pages of this book, this boy and inhabitants of the metro are filled with terror towards the "black men" that are coming out of the tunnels from one of the metro ends, who are walking silently, without any fear towards people shooting them, who are only capable of producing horrible wailing.
At the end of the book, just when the plans of destroying the nest of these black men are set in motion and cannot be stopped, the boy get a telepathic contact from these "black men". He realizes that they are simply new breed of humans, capable of withstanding radiation and fighting off mutant animals and plants. These new men have simply tried to make contact with the metro inhabitants without any intentions for harm. Unfortunately he realizes this too late and he watches the nest exploding and burning to the ground.
I believe there are a lot of similarities that can be found between this novel and Oryx and Crake.
I really suggest to read this one.
Sounds like a good book, I liked Oryx and Crake so I might give that a try. Assuming there is a translated version.
ReplyDelete