The balance of Light and Darkness has been disrupted. A third force has appeared in the city, whose abilities lie beyond those available to the “Others.” The newly appointed Night Watch operative Alexey Romanov becomes a central figure in the game of powerful magicians. He must unravel the tangled web of other people’s intrigues—which is no easy task, since the Night and Day Watches aren’t the only players.
The Watchman is helped by a Dark mage—the only one who understands what’s really going on. But the help of the Dark ones is not given out of kindness, and the price for it is sometimes far too high…
A continuation of S. Lukyanenko’s new project “Watches.”
In a sense, it’s a continuation of the old “Watches,” but here Lukyanenko is already acting as a co-author, and in some books simply as the originator of the idea.
The books of this new cycle will tell how the story of the Night and Day Watches began—and that the confrontation between Light and Darkness happens not only in Russia…