num_pages: 455
description: Others. They walk among us. Observing. Set in contemporary Moscow, where shape shifters, vampires, and street-sorcerers linger in the shadows, Night Watch is the first book of the hyper-imaginative fantasy pentalogy from best-selling Russian author Sergei Lukyanenko. This epic saga chronicles the eternal war of the “Others,” an ancient race of humans with supernatural powers who must swear allegiance to either the Dark or the Light. The agents of the Dark – the Night Watch – oversee nocturnal activity, while the agents of the Light keep watch over the day. For a thousand years both sides have maintained a precarious balance of power, but an ancient prophecy has decreed that a supreme Other will one day emerge, threatening to tip the scales. Now, that day has arrived. When a mid-level Night Watch agent named Anton stumbles upon a cursed young woman – an uninitiated Other with magnificent potential – both sides prepare for a battle that could lay waste to the entire city, possible the world. With language that throbs like darkly humorous hard-rock lyrics about blood and power, freedom and responsibility, Night Watch is a chilling, cutting-edge thriller, a pulse-pounding ride of fusion fiction that will leave you breathless for the next instalment.
language: English
title: Night Watch
titlecomplete: Night Watch (Watch, #1)
characters: Anton Gorodetsky, Maxim, Alisa Donnikova, Zabulon, Yulia, Boris Ignatievich Gesar, Ignat, Egor, Garik, Ilya, Semyon, Svetlana Nazarova, Kostya Saushkin, Igor Teplov, Tiger Cub
genres: Science Fiction, Supernatural, Magic, Urban Fantasy, Russia, Horror, Fiction, Fantasy, Vampires, Paranormal
ratings_count: 42996
places: Moscow
series: Дозоры
awards: awardedAt: 1230796800000
name: Stalker Award
category: Best Translated Novel
publisher: Miramax Books / Hyperion