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Full of treachery and intrigue, the fifth volume in Sergei Lukyananko’s internationally bestselling Night Watch series—a mesmerizing blend of noir and urban fantasy, set in contemporary Moscow, that tells the story of an ancient race of supernatural beings known as the Others. For a millennium, the Others have maintained an uneasy peace that has protected them and the Twilight, their shadowy parallel world beneath our own. But the battle for supremacy between the forces of the Light and the Darkness is far from over . . . Older and more powerful, Light magician Anton Gorodestsky has risen to the top levels of the Night Watch. He is also father to a 10-year-old girl who is destined to become a magician of unprecedented power. When he hears a young boy at the airport screaming that a plane will crash, Anton suspects the child is a prophet—a rare type of Other who portends catastrophe. If Anton is right, than the boy has awakened a terrifying danger—a rare, multi-faced beast that exists to stop the prophecy from coming true. With all of their lives in mortal peril and time running out, Anton must to find a way to keep his gifted young daughter safe . . . and save the Twilight world. ** ### From Booklist Originally published in Russia in 2012, this is the fifth and concluding volume of the Night Watch series, in which two groups of supernatural beings, the Night Watch and the Day Watch, protect the boundary between this world and the Twilight, a magical world beneath our own. When Anton Gorodetsky, a Light magician (and the series’ nominal protagonist), chances upon a young boy petrified to get on a plane, convinced it will crash, he wonders if he’s witness to something that could signal the very end of the Twilight itself. Readers unfamiliar with the preceding four books in the series can expect to play a game of catch-up here; familiarity with the earlier volumes is a necessity. Those who have been following the story since its beginning, on the other hand, will find this a satisfying and fitting wrap-up. It should be noted that, even though the Night Watch series has always been presented as a pentalogy, the author does leave room for at least one more book. --David Pitt ### Review "This is slick, clever, assured urban fantasy, told with style, and shot through with wry humour." Crime Review "If you've been following Russkie Lukyanenko's excellent parallel universe series you'll have rushed out and bought this book already... the Watch books are deeper and meatier than most of their kind." 4 star review, Weekend Sport