Outpost with delivery to Ireland

A dark, surprising, fast-paced post-apocalyptic novel bursting with emotion from a master of the genre – one that upholds the finest traditions of the cult classic “Metro 2033” and yet is something completely different!
– And what lies over there, on the other side of the bridge?
Russia’s history has all but come to an end. Although some are clumsily trying to add further chapters to it, for most people the matter is clear: this is the end. Even though children are still being born, even though Jegor has fallen hopelessly in love with Michelle, even though Pałkan keeps ringing Moscow and begging for the dwindling food reserves to be replenished… Yes, Russia is essentially gone; its nervous system – the network of transport and telecommunications links – has been severed, destroyed or, at best, badly damaged, and there is no sign that it will ever recover. That is why the 250 kilometres separating Moscow from the Outpost in Yaroslavl seem a dizzying distance. That is why, over there on the other side of the bridge, there is nothing left – nothing but empty, dead cities sunk in eternal sleep. So Pałkan claims. And he would like his adopted son Jegor to come to terms with it.
But if that is so, if beyond the Volga the world is a gaping void, why is the bridge so closely guarded? Why do the sentries stare so intently into the impenetrable green fog that shrouds it? Why does every murmur, rustle and growl coming from behind the curtain of toxic fumes bring them to their feet, perhaps even fill them with dread? Could it be that they expect someone – or something – to come from over there?
And today, it does. It emerges from the fog. Will it bring salvation or annihilation? Redemption or damnation? What does it know, what is it hiding, what does it want? How will its fate become intertwined with that of the inhabitants of the Yaroslavl Outpost?