![]() Potent as a shot of vodka, this compelling urban fantasy was adapted to a Russian blockbuster movie in 2004. : The Night Watch: The Night Watch, Sergei Lukyanenko, Heinemann, 2006, First Edition First Impression. As humankind's fate hangs in the balance, Anton is forced to re-examine his allegiance, and Svetlana is drawn deeper into the exotic, vivid universe of dueling magicians, shape-shifters, witches and vampires. While Anton endeavors to undo the curse, he discovers Egor, a gifted boy unwilling to choose between his Light or Dark abilities. Philosophical Anton Gorodetsky, an earnest Night Watch agent, falls in love with 24-year-old Svetlana Nazarova, a troubled young doctor under a Dark Magician's curse. The Others slip in and out of an eerie parallel world where they coexist in an uneasy peace that a terrible revolution may soon disrupt. Set in contemporary Moscow, Lukyanenko's fantastic American debut\x97the first in a series about an epic struggle between good and evil\x97charts the adventures of a race of supernaturally gifted Others, who serve either the Light or Dark Side. ![]()
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