The Twilight Watch (Watch, Book 3) [Bargain Price] [Paperback]

Sergei Lukyanenko (Author)

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Publication Date: June 13, 2007

Night Watch and Day Watch, the first two books in this remarkable series, established Sergei Lukyanenko as a breathtakingly bold talent. Part fantasy, part vampire story, and part detective potboiler, this is the most successful science fiction series of all time in Russia and a true international sensation. In America, Fox Searchlight released the film adaptation of Night Watch to rapturous reviews, and adaptations of the next two books are in production.

The world of Lukyanenko is 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.

In Dusk Watch, the Others face their greatest threat yet. A renegade Other, his identity as yet unknown, has absconded with a fabled spell-book of untold power and appears bent on attacking the entire earth. Now forces of the Light and the Dark -- the Night Watch and the Day Watch -- must cooperate to stop him. Anton, the hero from Night Watch, is back, but when the culprit turns out to be none other than his partner, the race against time becomes more urgent than ever. In a world where reality and magic commingle, and where different degrees of existence are layered one atop the other, nothing is ever quite what it seems.

Editorial Reviews

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"Compelling . . . A fantastic American debut . . . potent as a shot of vodka." -- Publishers Weekly on Nightwatch

"Urban and sleek . . . a promising entry into what could be a modern horror epic." -- Entertainment Weekly on Nightwatch

About the Author

Sergei Lukyanenko was born in Kazakhstan and educated as a psychiatrist. He began publishing science fiction work in the 1980s and is today the most popular science fiction writer in Russia.

Andrew Bromfield is a founding editor of the Russian literature journal Glas. He is best known for his acclaimed translations of Victor Pelevin and Boris Akunin, and his work has been short-listed for numerous translation prizes.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 416 pages
• Publisher: Miramax (June 13, 2007)
• ISBN-10: 1401360211
• ASIN: B002DYJKHK
• Product Dimensions: 7.8 x 5.1 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (31 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #301,306 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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45 of 46 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Gains in epic scope, builds in excitement, December 15, 2006

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Anastasia (Staten Island, NY) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Twilight Watch (Watch, Book 3) (Paperback)

"Twilight Watch" (same as "Dusk Watch") is the 3rd book in the Night Watch trilogy-now-tetralogy. It opens with a mystery: the Night Watch, the Day Watch, and the neutral-overseer Inquisition all receive anonymous notes that a way has been found to turn normal humans into Others. Yet this wasn't supposed to be possible! The danger represented by the information would turn the world upside down.

In the 2nd half, Anton, while vacationing in the country, come across a strange, powerful witch living in the woods, hiding from something...

In this book, Lukyanenko keeps up the excellence of his writing, characterization, and excitement, and the moral quandry is as present as ever. The line between the Light and the Dark gets finer still. There is more exploration of the "science" behind magic and a look into the past that I really enjoyed.

This book is definitely faster-paced than "Day Watch," with many exciting and shocking twists and turns, and a stunning conclusion.

18 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Don't miss this one!, August 8, 2007

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K. Sozaeva "Obsessive bibliophile" (Athens, GA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Twilight Watch (Watch, Book 3) (Paperback)

This follow-up to the (also amazing) Russian magical reality books Night Watch and Day Watch returns us to Anton's mind and to Anton's relationships with those around him. Focusing on interactions with the mysterious Inquisitors, this book takes Anton further along in his path to understanding that there really is very little difference between Light and Dark and that the shades of Grey they all walk in are probably more suited to all Others than being separated like this.

In the first of the three "books" that are traditionally found in each of these novels, Anton has to go "undercover" into a community of humans to try to discover who, if anyone, has been told about the Others. Not only is it dangerous for the Others to be revealed, but whomever revealed the Others to this human has also promised to turn this human into an Other him or herself, which is - according to all but the most forbidden of legends - impossible.

In the second "book," Anton runs across an unregistered and VERY powerful witch as well as several werewolves who were apparently hunting humans while on vacation in his dacha (country house) and has to try to take care of these problems with the help of Svetlana.

In the third "book," a powerful vampire and member of the Inquisition has been murdered and a book thought to be the stuff of legends, that will allow Others to turn humans into Others themselves, has been stolen from the house of the witch Arina. Anton, with the help of the vampire Kostya and the Inquisitor Edgar, has to try to find the culprit and the book.

Lukyanenko has created a vivid world in modern-day Russia. He shows us the despair with which many modern Russians live while they try to adapt to a capitalistic society, a method of life that is completely foreign to everything they've ever known before. Through this is shown the plotting of the Watches and Inquisition and the Others, using the humans often as pawns and foils in their games for glory. It is an often bleak outlook (to me). My husband, on the other hand, found the book to have a lot of humor in it - he says there are a lot of instances of outright slapstick. So I guess it is all in how you look at it - there is a situation where Anton has an old out-of-work drunk work on a BMW. He brings in several friends and they completely take apart the car. They get so involved in it that they even forget to get drunk. Me, I found that sad. My husband thought it was hysterical.

At any rate, do NOT miss this amazing series of books. You will not be sorry for reading them.

13 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Wrap-up to the Trilogy, June 12, 2007

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J. B Kraft "lonestargazer" (Palestine, TX United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Twilight Watch (Watch, Book 3) (Paperback)

You could start the series with this book, but I strongly recommend this wonderful trilogy in order. While the story is not as rigorously linear in plot, as for example, The Lord of the Rings, your understanding and appreciation of the series will be enhanced by reading them in order.

CAUTION: If you order the trilogy together, you may be at extreme risk of sleep deprivation.

The book really rips along, and the author uses the action to disclose new information about the basic laws and types of creatures of magic, so that we continue to be drawn in.

He draws an admirable balance between keeping you off-balance--guessing about what will happen next and pacing his revelation of critical details. It's very suspensful, and it resulted in another sleep deprevation experience.