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The Night Watch

(Night Watch 1)

Author: Sergei Lukyanenko   Series: Night Watch

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All that stands between darkness and light is The Night Watch... The phenomenal Russian bestseller (over a million copies sold in hardcover). First of the Night Watch Trilogy, gloriously readable vampire novels set in a richly realised post-Soviet Moscow that have sold for huge advances accross Europe

Possessors of supernatural powers and capable of entering the Twilight, a shadowy parallel world existing in parallel to our own, each Other owes allegiance either to the Dark or the Light.The Night Watch, first book in the Night Watch series, follows Anton, a young Other owing allegiance to the Light.

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All that stands between darkness and light is The Night Watch... The phenomenal Russian bestseller (over a million copies sold in hardcover). First of the Night Watch Trilogy, gloriously readable vampire novels set in a richly realised post-Soviet Moscow that have sold for huge advances accross Europe

Possessors of supernatural powers and capable of entering the Twilight, a shadowy parallel world existing in parallel to our own, each Other owes allegiance either to the Dark or the Light.The Night Watch, first book in the Night Watch series, follows Anton, a young Other owing allegiance to the Light.

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All that stands between darkness and light is The Night Watch...The phenomenal Russian bestseller (over a million copies sold in hardcover). First of the Night Watch Trilogy, gloriously readable vampire novels set in a richly realised post-Soviet Moscow that have sold for huge advances accross EuropeWalking the streets of Moscow, indistinguishable from the rest of its population, are the Others. Possessors of supernatural powers and capable of entering the Twilight, a shadowy parallel world existing in parallel to our own, each Other owes allegiance either to the Dark or the Light.The Night Watch, first book in the Night Watch series, follows Anton, a young Other owing allegiance to the Light. As a Night Watch agent he must patrol the streets and metro of the city, protecting ordinary people from the vampires and magicians of the Dark. When he comes across Svetlana, a young woman under a powerful curse, and saves an unfledged Other, Egor, from vampires, he becomes involved in events that threaten the uneasy truce, and the whole city...

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Critic Reviews

“This modern day mythical fantasy is Anne Rice on an epic scale, a hugely imagined world ... a chiller thriller from cold of Russia, this one's been selling like hot cakes around the world”

Sunday Sport
So good that the film feels like a trailer for it Time Out
JK Rowling, Russian style ... arguably Russia's richest and most famous literary talent of the moment ... [a] cracking read, owing more to Rowling or Philip Pullman than it does to the horror genre ... surprisingly readable and addictive...it relies on suspense and psychological drama and a good dose of humour - rather than blood and guts Daily Telegraph
When a particular kind of story, heavily based in one culture, gets transferred into a culture distinctly different, something magical happens ... Something modern, new and distinctly creepy ... continues to work because the magic is rooted in the realities of modern Russia ... Inventive, sardonic, and imbued with a surprising the sense that, for this author and his audience, much of this stuff is new-minted Independent
Night Watch is an epic of extraordinary power -- Quentin Tarantino

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About the Author

SERGEI LUKYANENKO is the author of over 25 books. The Night Watch series has sold over two million hardbacks. The Night Watch and The Day Watch were both made into internationally successful films. Sergei Lukyanenko lives in Moscow.

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'JK Rowling, Russian style...arguably Russia's richest and most famous literary talent of the moment... [a] cracking read, owing more to Rowling or Philip Pullman than it does to the horror genre...surprisingly readable and addictive...it relies on suspense and psychological drama and a good dose of humour - rather than blood and guts' Daily Telegraph Walking the streets of Moscow, indistinguishable from the rest of its population, are The Others. The Others are magicians, possessors of supernatural powers and capable of entering the shadowy parallel world of the Twilight. Each Other owes allegiance either to the Dark or the Light, two factions coexisting in an uneasy truce, each keeping a close eye on the other's activities around the city. Their aim is not mutual destruction, but rather the maintenance of the precarious balance between good and evil. The Night Watch, first book in the Night Watch Trilogy, follows Anton, a young Other owing allegiance to the Light. As a Night Watch agent he must patrol the streets and metro of the city, protecting ordinary people from the vampires and magicians of the Dark. When he comes accross Svetlana, a young woman under a powerful curse, and saves an unfledged Other, Egor, from vampires, he becomes involved in events that threaten the truce and the whole city... 'When a particular kind of story, heavily based in one culture, gets transferred into a culture distinctly different, something magical happens... Something modern, new and distinctly creepy...continues to work because the magic is rooted in the realities of modern Russia... Inventive, sardonic, and imbued with a surprising the sense that, for this author and his audience, much of this stuff is new-minted.' Independent 'This modern day mythical fantasy is Anne Rice on an epic scale, a hugely imagined world... a chiller thriller from cold of Russia, this one's been selling like hot cakes around the world.' Lads Mag 'So good that the film feels like a trailer for it' Time Out

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Product Details

Publisher
Cornerstone | Arrow Books Ltd
Published
5th July 2007
Pages
544
ISBN
9780099489924

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