Or if her/his talents are just onesided, what should the person do, not use them and unleash the full potential because of unrealistic, altruistic, moral, and ethical questions? Of course, we are no animals and this would thereby be a very cheap excuse, but if there would really be magic powers and one could just get big on the dark side, it´s at least understandable. It´s just as if a lion, bear, or any flesh eating animal would be seen as evil murderer, because it needs the death, or in the case of black magicians and witches, at least suffering and weakening by parasitizing, of others to survive.

One of the most important insights is that evil, duh, doesn´t see itself as that bad. I´ve seen close to not other fantasy and dark fantasy author doing this, thereby giving it an extra, deep, substantial layer of philosophical undertone and completely understandable explanations for the mentalities implemented in the melancholic, depressing, and hopeless dark fantasy wasteland.

To avoid prejudices and double standards, it´s never bad to switch between the protagonists´ and antagonists´ perspectives and, why not, write whole parts of a series from different viewpoints. (Description from the back cover of trade paperback edition) It is a fast-paced, darkly humorous, haunting world that will take root in the shadows of your mind and live there forever. Replete with the thrilling action and intricate plotting of the first tale, Day Watch is fuelled by cunning, cruelty, violence, and magic. When she falls in love with a handsome young Light One, the balance is threatened and a death must be avenged. For a thousand years a treaty between the two sides has maintained an uneasy balance, but when a very potent artifact is stolen from the inquisition - an impartial group of Others who keep watch over all - the consequences are dire for both sides.ĭay Watch introduces the perspective of the Dark Ones, as it is told in part by a beautiful but troubled young witch. The agents of Dark - The Day Watch - keep an eye during the day, while the agents of Light keep watch over the night. Set in a modern-day Moscow, the epic saga chronicles the eternal war of the 'Others,' an ancient race of humans with supernatural powers who must swear allegiance to either the Dark or the Light. The second in a blockbuster series of novels from Russia's most popular science fiction author, Day Watch brings us back into the hyperimaginative world of Sergei Lukyanenko and continues the dramatic battle between good and evil, light and dark, day and night.

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