Sergei Lukyanenko

"Like Tolkien getting mugged in a Moscow back alley by John Le Carre." —Bleeding Cool

The explosive first installment in Serge Lukyanenko's visionary and internationally bestselling Night Watch series—an inventive blend of atmospheric urban fantasy and riveting spy thriller set in contemporary Moscow

The Night Watch series tells the story of the Others, an ancient race of magicians, shape-shifters,

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Full of treachery and intrigue, the fifth volume in Sergei Lukyananko's internationally bestselling Night Watch series-a mesmerizing blend of noir and urban fantasy, set in contemporary Moscow, that tells the story of an ancient race of supernatural beings known as the Others. For a millennium, the Others have maintained an uneasy peace that has protected them and the Twilight, their shadowy parallel world beneath our own. But the battle for supremacy...

The second book in the internationally bestselling Night Watch series-the powers of Darkness and the forces of Light grow closer to war. For the past one thousand years, the two factions of the Others-an ancient race of magicians, shape-shifters, vampires, and other supernatural beings-have been locked in an uneasy truce as the powers of Darkness and the forces of Light secretly maneuver for the upper hand. Now in the thrilling follow-up to the internationally...

They are the "Others," an ancient race of supernatural beings-magicians, shape-shifters, vampires, and healers-who live among us. Human born, they must choose a side to swear allegiance to-the Dark or the Light-when they come of age. For a millennium, these opponents have coexisted in an uneasy peace, enforced by defenders like the Night Watch, forces of the Light who guard against the Dark. But prophecy decrees that one supreme "Other" will arise...