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The Day Watch (Paperback)

by Sergei Lukyanenko (Author), Vladimir Vasiliev (Author)
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  • Paperback: 496 pages
  • Publisher: Arrow Books Ltd (3 Jan 2008)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0099489937
  • ISBN-13: 978-0099489931
  • Product Dimensions: 19.4 x 12.8 x 3.6 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 3,183 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Walking 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 world that exists in parallel to our own, each owes allegiance either to The Dark or The Light. In "The Day Watch", second book of the "Night Watch" trilogy, Alice, a young but powerful Dark Other, attends a planning 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. But then comes a shattering realisation: Igor is a Light Mage. Suddenly, Alice remembers him as one of those involved in the battle that left her crippled. 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 --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.
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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 review is from: The Day Watch (Paperback)
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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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant a fantastic sequal to the first, 17 Aug 2009
By Ms. K. E. Pinder (UK) - See all my reviews
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I was uncertain how i would take to the second book, i enjoyed the first immensley. But because i had already associated with the characters in the night watch i thought it might be difficult to change allegencs so to speak as the presumably the Day Watch was going to be written from the side of the Day Watch. But surely enough the author soon had me disliking the night watch and favouring the dark ones. it had a brilliant plot just like the first one and once again i thoroughly enjoyed it.
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3.0 out of 5 stars A good sequel, 6 Jul 2009
By Helen Agiantritis (Athens, Greece) - See all my reviews
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Like the first book, this one is also separated into 3 different books, each one written from the perspective of a different character. The first, tells the story of a witch, Alisa, who was introduced in the Night Watch. She seemed like a bitch in that book, but here she has character and you feel sorry for her. The author uses the same easy flow of words, so if you enjoyed the Night Watch, you won't be disappointed with the Day Watch. The second story introduces a strange character and the story has an interesting twist at the end. The whole books gives an interesting view of Moscow and Russian insight. I fully recommend this for any Night Watch fans.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant sequel
The sequel to "night Watch", Day watch takes of from where it left but from (at least to start with) the "Dark other" point of view. A fantastic story and very much recommended.
Published 5 days ago by E. Cracknell

5.0 out of 5 stars This series just gets better !
Upon great praise for the first book i tucked into the second with great enthusiasm, i have not been so excited to read a book since... Read more
Published 3 months ago by S. Mulholland

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 6 months 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 10 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 15 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 15 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 17 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 19 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 20 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.
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Published 24 months ago by T. Watson

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