The second installment of the phenomenal Russian quartet 聽The Night Watch vampire novels set in a richly realized post-Soviet 聽Moscow. The second book in the internationally bestselling fantasy 聽series, The Day Watch begins where The Night Watch left 聽off, set in a modern-day Moscow where the 1,000-year-old treaty between 聽Light and Dark maintains its uneasy balance through careful vigilance 聽from the Others.

The forces of darkness keep an eye during the 聽day, the Day Watch, while the agents of Light monitor the nighttime. 聽Very senior Others called the Inquisitors are the impartial judges 聽insisting on the essential compact. When a very potent artifact is 聽stolen from them, the consequences are dire and drastic for all sides. The Day Watch introduces the perspective of the Dark Ones, told in part by a young 聽witch who bolsters her evil power by leeching fear from children's 聽nightmares as a counselor at a girls summer camp. When she falls in love 聽with a handsome young Light One, the balance is threatened and a death 聽must be avenged. The Day Watch is replete with the thrilling 聽action and intricate plotting of the first tale, fuelled by cunning, 聽cruelty, violence, and magic. It is a fast paced, darkly humorous, 聽haunting world that will take root in the shadows of your mind and live 聽there forever.