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Night Watch
Category: Paperback
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: 1401359795
Manufacturer: Miramax
Release Date: 2006-07-26
Average Customer Review: 
(From 47 total reviews)
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Editorial Reviews
Book Description:
The Night Watch series has caused a sensation never before seen in Russia — its popularity is frenzied and unprecedented, and driven by a truly great, epic story. In 2005 Fox Searchlight announced it had acquired the Russian film adaptation for an American release. Interest in the books here is now set to reach a fever pitch.
Set in modern day Moscow, Night Watch is a world as elaborate and imaginative as Tolkien or the best Asimov. Living among us are the “Others,” an ancient race of humans with supernatural powers who swear allegiance to either the Dark or the Light. A thousand-year treaty has maintained the balance of power, and the two sides coexist in an uneasy truce. But an ancient prophecy decrees that one supreme “Other” will rise up and tip the balance, plunging the world into a catastrophic war between the Dark and the Light. When a young boy with extraordinary powers emerges, fulfilling the first half of the prophecy, will the forces of the Light be able to keep the Dark from corrupting the boy and destroying the world?
An extraordinary translation from the Russian by noted translator Andrew Bromfield, this first English language edition of Night Watch is a chilling, engrossing read certain to reward those waiting in anticipation of its arrival.
Customer Reviews
Great book! I recommend it to anyone! by Lauren Ayres
When I started reading this book, I was expecting it to take itself way too seriously, but was delighted to find that it has a sense of humor too. I absolutely recommend this to anyone who loved Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel and Supernatural and all those other vampire-slaying, demon-vanquishing things. It also reminded me a lot of X-Men for some reason.
Excellent read!
Glad to find this by spock74
I’m so excited that I’ve finally found a new author in this genre. This is so intricate and the flow is amazing. I’m thinking of learning Russian just so I can read it in the original. Highly recommended!
Highly recommeded to sci-fi readers by dirtjarproductions
This has been the most creative piece of fiction I’ve read in a long time. Even though it is an English translation, the ideas and concepts that dance around in the story comes through clear. The conversations between characters remind me of Anne Rice’s existential plots in her vampire chronicles. The Russian background of the story is an added gem for those (like me) who know next to nothing about modern Russia. I couldn’t put down this book because every sentence hooked me and I just needed to know what would happen next. Book series is highly recommended!
I’m not a big Sci-Fi Fan but this one is good! by Tennis Ace
I’m not a Sci-Fi fan at all. I don’t even look at that section of the bookstore. However, my husband loves sci-fi so I bought him this book and he finished it within a few days. He said I would like it, so I figured I’d give it a chance. And after reading the first couple pages, it was hard to stop. The translation was done very well, it’s hard to tell it was by a Russian author except the location references and names of characters. You’ll enjoy it.
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