A SINISTER MESSAGE, A DIRE PROPHECY, AND AN ENEMY
UNLIKE ANYTHING THE NIGHT WATCH HAS EVER FACED.

For a millennium, the Others, a supernatural race of magicians, shapeshifters, vampires, and healers, have maintained an uneasy peace between Light Others and Dark Others that has protected both our world and the Twilight, a shadowy parallel world beneath our own.  Now, these rival factions must unite against the ultimate enemy.

A Light magician and high-ranking member of the Night Watch, Anton Gorodetsky fears nothing.  But lately the threats ore mounting.  A reincarnated vampire has been terrorizing Moscow, and is using the victims to send him a message.  His daughter's school is ambushed by a chimera unlike any he has seen.  And the Prophets have all reached the same chilling conclusion: Our world is running out of time.

If we are to stand a chance, the rival factions of Others must unite against this evil as the Sixth Watch.  But can they put aside their grievances with the world at stake?  Will it be enough?  Journeying from Russia to Paris, the Alps, and New York City, Anton comes in peace - but he is prepared for war.  For if he fails, no one is safe.

SERGEI LUKYANENKO was born in Kazakhstan and educated as a phsychiatrist.  He began publishing science fiction in the 1980s and has published more than twenty-five books, including many international bestsellers.  He lives in Moscow.

ANDREW BROMFIELD (translator) is a founding editor of the Russian literature journal Glas.  He is known for his acclaimed translations of Victor Pelevin and Boris Akunin and his work hes been short-listed for numerous translation prizes.