The Last Watch: “The Sequel to the Night Watch Trilogy”
December 6th 2008 04:00
Anton Gorodetsky is sent to investigate the death. He is an Other; one who appears human but possesses supernatural abilities and is capable of entering a parallel realm, the Twilight.
The supposedly routine investigation turns out to be anything but routine when it leads Anton to discover that there are Others searching for an ominous artefact that is concealed in the seventh level of the Twilight by the Great Other, Merlin.
Told from Anton’s perspective, The Last Watch never slows as the hero, amid a hail of attacks, pieces the clues together to uncover the identities of the rogue Others and the true nature of Merlin’s powerful artefact.
As someone who is a fan of the films* but has yet to read the previous three books, I found The Last Watch quite easy to follow despite the differences between the films and the books. Lukyanenko has included sufficient background story to make sure late comers aren’t left lost in the fantastic world of Others.
*The first two books of the series, The Night Watch and The Day Watch, have been adapted into internationally successful films.
The Last Watch
by Sergei Lukyanenko, 2006
translated from Russian by Andrew Bromfield,
William Heinemann, 2008
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