While Zabulon's plans seem compromised, and Egor is still considering his choice for Light or Dark, Alisa uses her agreement with Anton to perform a spell on him making him tell Egor everything. It transpires he is also an Other, with the potential for magical powers himself. Others access the Twilight by raising their shadow, increasing its volume and density, then stepping through it. Walking outside, Anton drains the Light power from all of the passers-by he sees, taking their joy away. In the second part of the Night Watch, what is assumed to be a dematerialised Other in the Twilight seemingly communicates with Anton as it points him towards the TV tower where the Day Watch has set up its field headquarters as it searches for Anton (who is being framed for killing Dark Others). Anton intervenes when Maxim tries to kill Egor, and they fight in the Twilight. Welcome back. In Olga's body, Anton then goes with Svetlana to her apartment to hide, where he reveals that he is in fact Anton, making Svetlana furious as she just told "Olga" she loved Anton. Through tender prose and a thrilling story, Julie Carrick Dalton tracks the inescapable connectedness between inequity and the body politic, humankind and ecology, and hidden truths and memory. Walking home, Anton calls Olga and asks to switch back bodies. This author knows how to wield her pen; her words are beautiful and compelling. The reader is transported to the forests of New Hampshire and feels a oneness with young Cadie and Daniela as they canoe the waters and explore the woods around their homes. The novel opens with a quote from Oscar Wilde: âA dreamer is one who can only find his way by moonlight, and his punishment is that he sees the dawn before the rest of the world.â Arriving at the tower he finds that the Day Watch has established their temporary headquarters there. Lots of great discussion topics for a book club for sure. Each level is harder to get to and accessible only to powerful Others; this is due in large part to the fact that the Twilight drains energy much more quickly and greedily in deeper levels. Having said that, there was also a mystery / thriller component to the story that overlapped both timelines, with “the truth” about the defining event that occurred in the past eventually being revealed in the present. All of the Night Watch operatives go to Tiger Cub's house to relax, but Anton doesn't manage to have fun, as he is concerned with Svetlana's growing powers influencing their relationship and the reason Gesar sent them off. Her lovely descriptions of lazy summers and sweet friendships reminded me of so many sentimental childhood summers of my own. Lukyanenko wrote the story in 1998 and the book was first published in Russia by AST in 1998. I liked reading about Cadies childhood with Daniela . The writing is so beautiful and descriptive, you feel like you are there seeing the scenery before you. The aura of any Other, or emotional state at the time of their first entry into the Twilight, determines whether or not the Other will become a 'Light' or 'Dark' Other. Both were willing to use any means necessary to achieve victory. Dalton’s poignant and beautiful debut captivated me from the start. “Lake water lived inside her. I liked reading about Cadies childhood with Daniela . I could quote many passages from the book that I particularly liked, but I’ll start with this one: There is no pausing while reading this story about two childhood friends with a dark shared secret and the impact that it makes on their adult lives. The Twilight, although a realm of existence beneath the human or ordinary world and therefore not sentient, indiscriminately absorbs energy from whomever enters it. He kills the Dark mage chasing him and disguises himself as the mage. Boris Ignatievich announces that the Day Watch suspects one of the Night Watch operatives of this and previous murders. There are studies of how a beetle is effecting a rare bird and causing fires. Anton realizes that killing Maxim would mean that all witnesses proving his innocence would be dead, and is stabbed by Maxim. The forest is at risk of a fire. Zero point magicians have come into being only once every thousand years or so. Fate/stay night is a Japanese Visual Novel H-Game developed by the company Type-Moon. Daniela messages Cadie and a long forgotten night from childhood might come back to haunt her. "Initiation" refers to the process of an Other choosing not Light or Dark but choosing to officially be a part of the Night Watch (Light Others) or Day Watch (Dark Others). Furthermore, once determined either Light or Dark, an Other must choose what specific powers they will borrow from the Twilight. The author also tries to include some social justice issues (climate control) that also fell flat for me and ended up taking me out of the story. Secretly penetrating inside, he sees a bunch of incompetent Dark mages directing the search for him. Contrary to what we see in the movie, there are no mosquitoes in this level of Gloom. Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read. When I was reading this book, I thought how much it reminded me of the writing in Where the Crawdads Sing, which I also loved. I can't wait to read Julie Carrick Dalton's next books! Anton reveals to Egor that he was a pawn used by both Boris Ignatievich and Zabulon in their intrigues. The story revolves around a confrontation between two opposing supernatural groups (known as "Others"): the Night Watch, an organization dedicated to policing the actions of the Dark Othersâand the Day Watch, which polices the actions of the Light Others. 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