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by Sergei Lukyanenko (Author), Vladimir Vasiliev (Author)
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  • Paperback: 496 pages
  • Publisher: William Heinemann Ltd (23 Dec 2006)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0434014435
  • ISBN-13: 978-0434014439
  • Product Dimensions: 23 x 15.2 x 4.2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 118,603 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Walking the streets of Moscow, indistinguishable from the rest of its population, are The Other. Possessors of supernatural powers and capable of entering the Twilight, a shadowy world that exists in parallel to our own, each owes allegiance either to The Dark - the Day Watch - or The Light - the Night Watch. In The Day Watch, second book of the Night Watch trilogy, Alice, a young but powerful Dark Other, leaves her house to attend a meeting with her comrades in the Day Watch. The team is on a mission to apprehend an uninitiated Other, a practicing Dark witch who has so far eluded the bureaux responsible for finding and initiating unlicensed practitioners of magic. It seems a routine operation. But when they arrive, the Night Watch team has already made the arrest. A fierce battle ensues, during which Alice almost dies. Drained of her powers, she is sent to recuperate at a youth camp near the Black Sea. There she meets Igor; the chemistry between them is instant and irresistible, as Alice finds herself falling in love. But then comes the shattering realisation: Igor is a Light Mage. Suddenly Alice remembers him as one of those involved in the battle that left her crippled.Had they known each other for what they were, the idea that there might be anything between them would have seemed impossible. But now that they know, there is no alternative to a magical duel, a battle that neither of them wants to win.

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The second installment of the phenomenal Night Watch series; vampire novels set in a richly realised post-Soviet Moscow. Reminiscent of Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials in its ambitions and achievement, the series has sold for huge advances all over Eu

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5.0 out of 5 stars Book 2 of 4: Resurrecting an ancient powerful foe..., 2 Jun 2007
By Mao (Newcastle upon Tyne, UK) - See all my reviews
This novel, "Day Watch", follows "Night Watch" and anticipates "Twilight Watch" and "Eternal Watch" (the last title is available already in Russian and German).

Described as Russia's (belated) answer to Tolkien, Lukianenko has created a lively and absorbing narrative evolving around the forces of the Light and the Dark, who, embraced in an eternal battle for the minds and spirits of the human population, share the responsibility to monitor each other's activities to uphold an equilibrium agreed upon a thousand years ago in the "Great Contract". Thus both forces have set up units tasked to control each other, making sure the respective other side observes granted quota of influencing humans: at night, the wizards and shapeshifters of the Light (the Night Watch) will police the streets, while at day it is the vampires and witches of the Dark (the Day Watch) who monitor the Light's activities.

Lukianenko does not simply take a manichaean stand point in his stories where the Light is the absolute Good and the Dark is the absolute Evil, but describes both sides as natural aspects of live and thus willing to go to considerable lenghts to assure their own status (aspiring dominance over the other). A feature Lukianenko uses to infuse the narrative with mysticism is the concept of the 'Twilight' and its several layers through which the forces of Light and Dark can move - unobserved by humans in the 'real world' - always endangered to be sucked into the void of un-being (the third instalment in this series of four will deal more thoroughly with the 'Twilight'). I'm under the impression that this 'Twilight' is the source of power for the two forces, similar to Terry Pratchett's 'light fantastic'.

"Day Watch" continues where "Night Watch" left off, with the same main characters (including initially anti-hero Anton), but with a new plot: an ancient sect of the Dark has resurfaced and attempts to resurrect an ancient and most powerful Dark wizard to finally gain the upper hand. The novel, split into three 'stories' each with a certain aspect-focus of the overall story arch, follows the Light's attempts to apprehend this sect and foil their plot. In the last few chapters, a third force is introduced: a class of judges consisting of members from both sides who hold trial over the events in this book.

Each of the novels feature a pre-prolog stating this story's significance to the cause of the forces of Light and Dark, indicating both sides' actions. The narrative in "Day Watch" is described as being 'harmful' to the cause of both.
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12 of 33 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Fangtastic, 19 Jul 2006
By daytripper (killearn) - See all my reviews
This Book is a must if you liked the film.

The book is actually split into three stories.
The first one is that which the film is based on.But the first story isn't the exactly as the film.I've found the book to be better than the film in many ways.

Be warned however this is really easy to read and get absorbed into.The type of book that you pick up and before you know it your finished and the day has flown by.

The books good through out however because it has been translated the choice of words in certain parts seam a bit dubious and some times wrong.

All together a great read and well written. If you liked Ann Rice's books up until "Tales of the body thief" then you will love this!
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5.0 out of 5 stars Day Watch Excellence, 21 Jan 2007
By Mr. P. Davies "Don Paulie" (Cardiff, WALES) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Day Watch (Hardcover)
I had this book on PREorder i was so excited to read it. Night watch was excellent and i expected Day Watch to be the same as i will also PREorder Twilight Watch also.

The book opened juat as the previouls installment. Its set out into three parts as before and i am sure the third book will be the same. The book centers around the Day Watch more in this book but still reaches over to the day watch occasionally.

Anton returns as does the whole night watch but not in as spectacular fashion as Night Watch. They focus more on the dark which was a nice change.

I would recomend the book to anyone that likes fantasy or potter. Totally worth the wait.

I only hope the third book is as good and tense, even if i have to wait till June for it.

Paul
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4.0 out of 5 stars A bit of peace? I didn't even notice, he got through the book so quick!!
I bought this book for my Fiance - He'd read The Night Watch and was harping on about getting this one. Read more
Published 1 month ago by S.C

4.0 out of 5 stars Not for the Kids
Day Watch is the middle book of a trilogy which is now expanding into five novels of the Night Watch series. Read more
Published 5 months ago by G. Ashworth

4.0 out of 5 stars A Supernatural Cold War Thriller
With his 'Watch' series, Lukyanenko seems to be redefining the genre. These are intelligent vampire novels, with none of the clichés or paucity of ideas that seem to come with... Read more
Published 10 months ago by Quicksilver

4.0 out of 5 stars Nicely different
Bought this off the back of an interesting review in SFX, and after reading the first which left me with mixed feelings. Read more
Published 11 months ago by David Marton

5.0 out of 5 stars Surprisingly original, deep and humorous
Having already read Night Watch (which is a must if you intend to read Day Watch and the next two books in this series), I expected the same high quality from Day Watch. Read more
Published 12 months ago by Rozenberg Henryk

2.0 out of 5 stars Maybe I should have read the Night Watch first
Was persuaded to buy this buy a member of staff in a book shop - his enthusiasm seemed real enough but to be honest I won't listen to him again. Read more
Published 14 months ago by M. Spragg

4.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant fantasy!
I declare myself now as a massive fan of Lukyanenko's writing and these novels, the Night Watch Trilogy, are so much better than the films they inspired. Read more
Published 16 months ago by A. M. Turner

4.0 out of 5 stars The Juggernaut Continues
Not as captivating as the first but if the trilogy keeps up this rate, the final will be as good as I hope.
An original take on monsters/vampires/witches fables. Read more
Published 19 months ago by T. Watson

5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing
What else can I say, except that this is a truly excellent book.

I am one of those readers who take forever to find a good book, but this time I nailed it. Read more
Published on 17 Jan 2007 by G. Turna

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