The Day Watch

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Walking the streets of Moscow, indistv^[uishabk if*' from the rest of its population, are the Otfiers.
Possessors of supernatural powers and capable o entering the Twilight, a shadowy world - that exists in parallel to our own, each owes
^I^Bfc allegiance either to the Dark or the Light.
^ In jke Day Watch, second volume of the Night
(
Watch trilogy, Alice, a young but powerful Dark
I Other, attends a planning meeting with her
^ comrades in the Day Watch. The teani is on a
mission tQ/apprehend an uninitiated Other, a
practising Dark witch who has so far eluded those J
responsible for finding and initiating unlicensed
practitioners of magics;.
) . ¦ ¦ 4
It seems a routine operation. But when they arrive, a Night Watch team has ;
already made the arrest. A fierce battle ensues, during which Alice is seriousl
wounded. Drained of her powers, she is sent to recuperate at a camp near th<
Black Sea. There she meets Igor; the chemistry between them is instant and... Tovább

Fülszöveg

Walking the streets of Moscow, indistv^[uishabk if*' from the rest of its population, are the Otfiers.
Possessors of supernatural powers and capable o entering the Twilight, a shadowy world - that exists in parallel to our own, each owes
^I^Bfc allegiance either to the Dark or the Light.
^ In jke Day Watch, second volume of the Night
(
Watch trilogy, Alice, a young but powerful Dark
I Other, attends a planning meeting with her
^ comrades in the Day Watch. The teani is on a
mission tQ/apprehend an uninitiated Other, a
practising Dark witch who has so far eluded those J
responsible for finding and initiating unlicensed
practitioners of magics;.
) . ¦ ¦ 4
It seems a routine operation. But when they arrive, a Night Watch team has ;
already made the arrest. A fierce battle ensues, during which Alice is seriousl
wounded. Drained of her powers, she is sent to recuperate at a camp near th<
Black Sea. There she meets Igor; the chemistry between them is instant and
irresistible i
i
But then comes a shattering realisation: Igor is a Light Mage. Suddenly Alice j remembers him as one of those involved in the battle that left her crippled. Now that they are aware of each other, there is no alternative to a magical duel, a battle that neither of them wants to win
Set in a vividly-realised post-Soviet Russia, where vampires operate under license and Good and Evil exist in a Cold War-like balance of power. The Day Watch is a page-turning fantasy thriller, an international bestseller as strikingly original as Anne Rice or Philip Pullman. Vissza