Сумеречный Дозор (Цикл: Дозоры. Книга 3)

by Sergei Lukyanenko, Sergei Lukyanenko

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2004 by АСТ (first published 2003)

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Твердый переплет (Hardcover)

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Рожденный человеком - не способен стать Иным.

Так было всегда.

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Oct 05, 2008

Ryan Mishap rated it:

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I love these books!
In modern Moscow, age old being called Others still exist. The Light and the Dark Ones called a truce hundreds of years ago and out governed by that treaty. The Nightwatch is the Light Ones’ police force to keep the Dark in Line. The Daywatch is their counterpart. There may be a truce, but the schemes, manipulations, and plans are always in motion.
Anton, a third level magician on his first field operation when Nightwatch begins, is one of my favorite ch...more

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Mar 30, 2009

Wushi rated it:

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Read in September, 2007

These stories are all told from Anton's perspective. A good decision to return to a voice the author clearly sympathizes with.

This book picks up a few years after the events of Day Watch, with Anton having married and had a child in the intervening time. His child is fated to become the greatest magic user in centuries, something this story only addresses on the side.

Act one follows Anton as he tries to track down someone who was promised to be made an Other. It is pre...more

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Aug 20, 2008

Lori rated it:

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A continuation of this great series. In the first few pages I wasn't sure if Anton would continue to repeat his moral dilemma (what is dark? what is light?) from book 2, but things progess. An interesting perk for American readers is an inside perspective of the post Soviet Russia.

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Jan 04, 2009

Chris rated it:

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bookshelves: fantasy, wizardry

Read in January, 2009

I really wanted to finish this before 2008 ended, but travel, a hectic schedule and a new mini-PC conspired against me. Ah well, such is life.

This world is one that is riddled with possibilities. Even though Lukyanenko has been pretty single-minded in his themes throughout the trilogy, there's a lot to work with here. We have two distinct groups of Others, the Light and the Dark, with different character classes, powers, abilities, levels and ambitions. If anyone wanted to ...more

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Nov 19, 2008

Simon rated it:

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Read in January, 2009

This is the third part of Lukyanenko's Night Watch Trilogy set in the supernatural underworld of post Soviet Russia and I was quite pleased to be back with the first person narrative of Anton Gorodetsky after the brief excussion into the world of the Day watch in Book two.

I will keep this brief as I don't want to spoil the fun of any potential readers. Once again the book is made up of three parts. In part one Anton investigates the occupants of a half abandoned luxury apartment bloc...more

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Nov 17, 2008

Steve rated it:

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Called Dusk Watch in Russian, Luyanenko firmly establishes himself as leading Russian voice in the fantasy genre.

In this novel, he ties narratives through his unfolding universe of the Light and Dark in a brilliant interplay of motives and game-ending moves that quicken the pace and leave you thrilled

The nice thing is that each of the books so far could have closed out the series. This one goes deeper by exploring existentialism and meaning among the Day Watch and Night ...more Called Dusk Watch in Russian, Luyanenko firmly establishes himself as leading Russian voice in the fantasy genre.

In this novel, he ties narratives through his unfolding universe of the Light and Dark in a brilliant interplay of motives and game-ending moves that quicken the pace and leave you thrilled

The nice thing is that each of the books so far could have closed out the series. This one goes deeper by exploring existentialism and meaning among the Day Watch and Night Watch.

Nobody's Time
A mystery. Anton is ordered by Gesar to investigate letters sent to the Day Watch, the Night Watch, and the Inquisition threatening to turn a human into an “Other” which should not be possible and would destroy the truce. He is joined by Kostya, a Vampire that Anton knows from his old neighborhood, Edgar and a high vampire/Inquistion member Vitezislav. Because the promise was made by an Other to a human, the Other cannot go back on it without dematerializing. So the hunt is on for who made the promise, why they did (what could a human have over an Other?), and from which side it came from because of its potential to destroy everything.

Nobody's Space
Anton is ordered by Gesar to go on vacation with his wife Svetlana and their daughter who is to be a great sorceress should she decide to join the Watch. In investigating an incident with werewolves, Anton discovers that there may be an unregistered witch in the woods whom is in possession of a very dangerous book that was just a legend. Anton finds the witch, Arina, and discovers why she’s hiding; her role in the Day Watch’s attempt to control humanity in the 1920s and her “sacrifice” to keep the truces. Arina’s resurfacing causes both Watches to go into overdrive to capture her and she tries to escape in a very dangerous and chilling fashion.

Nobody's Power
A classic piece. A few days after the events in the last story, the powers that be (Gesar Anton, Kostya, Edgar, Zabulon and Svetlana) convene upon Arina’s hut to discover Vitezoslav's ashes. Arina is instantly suspected and Anton, Kostya, and Edgar are dispatched on a quest for her. On the train where the suspect is said to be, the killer is revealed with ramifications that threaten the entire order of the universe. The questions of finality, relevance, and power are addressed in a very wonderful way. Beyond the obvious, the deeper meanings are shown for what they are and the conclusion, though tragic, is quite fitting.

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Apr 14, 2008

Eric rated it:

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Read in June, 2008

recommends it for: EVERYONE!!!

This book was fan-freakin-tastic!!! While I consider the second book to be filler for this one, it was much needed to bring out such awesome character development and huge twists this book had. It's interesting seeing how world politics played a part in Lukyanenko's writing of this book, and easy to see what side of the planet he's on. He doesn't drive his opinions too much either, mercifully. I just love how he calls Coca-Cola "foreign poison." Haha!
This book had an agenda thoug...more

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Feb 07, 2008

Stan Heller rated it:

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Read in January, 2008

I did read the two previous books- Nightwatch and Daywatch. Both were quite enjoyable. The Russian sensibility gives the books a rich flavor that takes familiar characters and themes in unexpected directions.

The flavor of all three books is that of chess games played by old masters. Like Russian nesting dolls, one story fits inside another. Dark and Light magicians vie for a change in the balance of power- each seeking to provoke the other into breaking an age old truce.

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Jan 25, 2008

Dale rated it:

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Read in March, 2008

Dusk Watch (or Twilight Watch, as my copy was titled ... dang translations ...) was every bit as good the other Watch books. By this third volume the series has definitely settled into a very clear pattern. Each book is divided into three sections, each of which is a complete story in and of itself but which also sets up elements which pay off subsequently. Still, even knowing that, and reading the first section carefully to try to pick up clues as to how the last section would unfold, I was ...more

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Sep 11, 2007

Seth rated it:

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bookshelves: modernfantasy, sf-f-h

Read in September, 2007

Whereas the earlier books dwelled on the ethics of the Others' use of their power, the final book in the trilogy focuses more on the larger ethical issues of the mere existence of Others and the power they have. The lower Dark Ones--vampires and werewolves--draw their power directly from victims; where do higher Others get their power? What separates Others from humans and can one be converted into another?

The protagonist--actually, the hero--Anton ponders these questions in the cont...more Whereas the earlier books dwelled on the ethics of the Others' use of their power, the final book in the trilogy focuses more on the larger ethical issues of the mere existence of Others and the power they have. The lower Dark Ones--vampires and werewolves--draw their power directly from victims; where do higher Others get their power? What separates Others from humans and can one be converted into another?

The protagonist--actually, the hero--Anton ponders these questions in the context of his growing ambivelance towards his old mentor, Gesar, his concern over the way his wife gave up her post in the Watch to avoid becoming too powerful to stay with him, and the potential power their two-year-old daughter wields. Along the way he befriends a human who is a perfect friend for him, reigniting his faith in the people the Light Ones are sworn to protect.

Like the other two novels, this one is composed of three independent-ish novellas which read together as a novel. The three stories flow very closely together this time, like the last two in Day Watch.

In the first, Anton is sent undercover--no magic allowed--on a mission to discover who is claiming to be able to change humans into Others--and it offering to sell the service. While working with Dark Ones (his old friend the vampire Kostya) and the Inquisition (the former Day Watchman Edgar and the vampire ) he becomes convinced a powerful Light One is involved and races to beat his allies to the target so he can decide what to do with him or her. It isn't clear to Anton that making an Other, if that is even possible, should be a crime.

The second story involves Anton on vacation a few days later at his mother-in-law's. A powerful witch is discovered in the woods and his generally-friendly encounters with her disturb him, especially the indications that she possesses a legendary book on turning humans into Others. When he find out how her past intertwines with Gesar, Zabulon, the Inquisition, and all of Russia things become very complicated for him and Svetlana and they find their loyalties split several ways.

The third story is a hunt for that legendary book, a copy of which is stolen out from under the nose of the Inquisition. Once again Anton, Inquisitor Edgar, and Kostya work together, leading to a classic train-bound mystery where everyone--even Anton's new friend from the first story--is a suspect.

Philosophical questions aside, although they're really the heart of the book, the mysteries in the first and third story work very well. The resolution in the first story makes sense; the third story clears up some misconceptions and tightens the first story. The mostly-introspective middle tale plays well in a classic folk story way, with all the standard witch-in-the-woods elements plus some added modern fireworks.

The action scenes in this book are back to the pace of the first book. We have none of the fireball-flinging action from Day Watch, but we do get a moderate number of high-fantasy-type spells tossed around. But in the end, the decisions in the combat come back to Anton (and, to a lesser extent, Svetlana), and Anton is the master of minimal intervention. Given a choice between blasting someone and simply distracting them, he would probably find a way to avoid even distracting. It was a powerful message when put up against the first book's questions about how and when to use power. In this book, questioning the ethics of even having power, it resonates even more.(less)

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Feb 10, 2009

Conor Olmstead rated it:

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Once again Sergei Lukyanenko did a great job with his Night Watch Series. I haven't touched his series since back in September, because I knew I would blow through this book and sure enough I did. I wanted to hold off till I knew his final book would be released soon so I could read it and then go right to the last one.

I don't why I like his writing style so much but I really do. He does a great job of painting good visuals so I can easily see whats happening.

Storywise I ...more

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Dec 30, 2008

Shawne rated it:

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Read in December, 2008

recommends it for: fantasy fans, fans of Lukyanenko's Night Watch universe

I would imagine that, at some point, Lukyanenko's brilliant fantasy series would hit a road bump or two; how many home runs can he hit before the series fizzles out? Surely at some point one of the books is going to be a disappointment?

Fortunately, Twilight Watch isn't that book. In fact, it's the best so far - again expanding the scope of Lukyanenko's ridiculously textured, intelligent universe, so that it encompasses historical narrative and social discourse in a far more direct f...more

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Nov 24, 2009

Dea Alecto rated it:

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Read in November, 2009

one of my favorite quotes =)

Отделились комнатенки с окнами на Балтийское море, отделились гордые грузины и кыргызы со своим единственным в мире высокогорным военно-морским флотом, все радостно отделились. Осталась только большая кухня — Россия, где когда-то варились в одном им�...more

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Mar 17, 2010

Koen rated it:

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Lukyanenko really needs to come up with a better way to dump exposition on the reader than dialogue. It makes his characters look like unrealistically dense blockheads.
All the same, he still doesn't deserve to be called "J. K. Rowling, Russian style", though at least they moved that Daily Telegraph quote from the front to the back cover for this book.

Also, Arrow Books should invest in proofreaders. This one didn't have as many grammatical errors as the last two, but i...more

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Aug 27, 2009

Nikki rated it:

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bookshelves: fantasy, horror, vampires

Read in November, 2009

I've really liked Sergei Lukyanenko's Night Watch trilogy, but this third book also really irritated me in a couple of ways. I like the way this has all developed -- that the reader's understanding has developed with that of Anton, and that each of the parts are relevant while still being stories unto themselves. I enjoyed that characters who were mentioned earlier, like Edgar and Kostya, become more important as you learn more about the world.

But the "plot twists" are real...more I've really liked Sergei Lukyanenko's Night Watch trilogy, but this third book also really irritated me in a couple of ways. I like the way this has all developed -- that the reader's understanding has developed with that of Anton, and that each of the parts are relevant while still being stories unto themselves. I enjoyed that characters who were mentioned earlier, like Edgar and Kostya, become more important as you learn more about the world.

But the "plot twists" are really starting to annoy me. Just once, can it not be Gesar's plot (the Mirror story doesn't count, because it wasn't anyone's plot)? Actually, that's one of the things that really bothers me. For all that we get in the last couple of stories, as we learn more, about the Others all basically being the same and equilibrium being important and so on, and there always being two halves to the truth and blahblahblah, Lukyanenko always basically has the Light Ones coming out on top. I mean, they get Svetlana, they get a second chance at Egor, Anton powers up, they get Anton and Svetlana's daughter, their Messiah figure, they end the trilogy with four Great Magicians, Igor wins the duel with Alisa... The only thing the Dark Ones get is the Mirror, and that's just to equalise the two -- it doesn't let the Dark Others get ahead in any way.

That encapsulates another of the things that annoyed me: Anton's rise in power. At the beginning he's sort of mediocre -- not insignificant, but not the greatest. Yet throughout the story he gets levelled up and levelled up... against the actual rules of the world as we know them originally... for no real reason. It's not plot necessary. He could do everything he needs to do with amulets or by channeling the other Others' power, but no... I'm glad, in one sense, that it means no barrier between him and Svetlana, because Svetlana's a nice character. And the whole problem with them not being equal is kind of understandable, but the problem with Anton is that he's quite a self-centered dick. I didn't mind his initial small rises, so that he remained one of the best characters to see things from and didn't become insignificant, but the fact that he became a magician beyond classification seemed needless.

Which leads me to the way I hated the treatment of Kostya. Apart from the poetic muses in the end about him flying, well, the message is "don't try to prove you're better than people think you are, they'll ignore you and it leads to trouble". Awesome, just awesome. I also found the ending a little confusing, and wasn't sure exactly what Kostya got wrong... In any case, again, Anton being an asshole -- he should have destroyed Kostya rather than let him go to a prolonged, painful death. What a jerk.

Another thing that I found irritating was the disappearance of Olga from the text. In the first book she's an important character, a strong woman, etc. Yet as soon as she becomes Gesar's lover again, she's mentioned a couple of times and the only time I remember hear appearing is to serve Czech beer to Anton! Besides that, she makes a stupid rookie mistake out of essentially female sentimentality and everyone else has to clean up after her! That doesn't sound like the original Olga. And it's weird, because there are strong women in the story -- Olga, Svetlana, Tiger Cub, Arina, even Alisa... But by the end, for various plot reasons, we basically only see Svetlana and know that Olga is supposed to be around there somewhere...

I'm looking forward to reading The Last Watch and seeing what it does with what's there, but the ending of the third book feels quite satisfying -- in the sense that it's conclusive enough -- and I'm not sure what to expect from The Last Watch. It'd have to be pretty damn apocalyptic to build on what's already happened.(less)

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Sep 16, 2009

A-ron rated it:

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Without a doubt this is the best book of the series. For one the ending is not rushed as it is in the last book. (Just ten more pages would have vastly improved Last Watch.) And more importantly, the writing is vastly more mature than in the previous two "Watches". I felt for the characters and believed in them. The pathos that the author gives to some of the situations in the book is also much stronger.

In other words this book has all the fun of the Watch series, and some ...more

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Dec 27, 2008

Justin Barnard rated it:

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Read in June, 2009

Being a fan of horror/scifi/fantasy books its so hard to find people who can take the concept of vampires, witches, wizards, werewolves, etc.. and manage to tell a unique spin on these familiar concept, and yet somehow manage to take the whole of the lore associated with it and fit it neatly into it as well.

The way the author manages to build momentum for each individual story yet advancing the plot of the overall book is amazing. And the idea put forth in this text to explain how pe...more

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Mar 01, 2010

Wenj rated it:

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This book felt more like a novella of dark childrens stories, which made them a lot more fun to read! All having a unifying thread that ties all the tales together. Loved the new characters and seeing more of the Inquistition, not to mention seeing the Day and Night Watches working side by side. That in and of itself was entertaining. Really, this is the book that shines more light onto the true nature of the Watches as well as the Inquistion and exactly what is to be an Other. The most enjoyabl...more

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Feb 05, 2009

Allison Wonderland rated it:

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Read in January, 2009

A thrilling addition to the Night Watch series. I will admit that it took me a little while to get fully engrossed in this book, but when I did I absolutely could not put it down. The switch back to Anton Gorodetsky as the narrator was a big help in holding my interest - the Day Watch members were interesting to read about, but the character of Anton is one of the most engaging in the series. The continuation of his story was very satisfying.

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Sep 03, 2007

Josh Olsen rated it:

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Read in July, 2008

Just finished Twilight Watch last night. As per the series, an excellent book.

They did such a good job at the mythos of it all. Some big reveals in this one and some interesting ideas behind the rise and fall of the Soviet Union. I enjoyed every moment of this book.

Great finish to the story of the Watches of Moscow with integration of the Inquisition. Good filling out of the styles of the different aspects of the Others and lastly, a villain that you feel for. A vill...more