twilight watch 幽巡者

Night Watch and Day Watch, the first two books in this remarkable series, established Sergei Lukyanenko as a breathtakingly bold talent. Part fantasy, part vampire story, and part detective potboiler, this is the most successful science fiction series of all time in Russia and a true international sensation. In America, Fox Searchlight released the film adaptation of Night Watch to rapturous reviews, and adaptations of the next two books are in production.

　　The world of Lukyanenko is as elaborate and imaginative as Tolkien or the best Asimov: Living among us are the “Others,” an ancient race of humans with supernatural powers who swear allegiance to either the Dark or the Light. A thousand-year treaty has maintained the balance of power, and the two sides coexist in an uneasy truce.

　　In Dusk Watch, the Others face their greatest threat yet. A renegade Other, his identity as yet unknown, has absconded with a fabled spell-book of untold power and appears bent on attacking the entire earth. Now forces of the Light and the Dark -- the Night Watch and the Day Watch -- must cooperate to stop him. Anton, the hero from Night Watch, is back, but when the culprit turns out to be none other than his partner, the race against time becomes more urgent than ever. In a world where reality and magic commingle, and where different degrees of existence are layered one atop the other, nothing is ever quite what it seems.

　　Sergei Lukyanenko was born in Kazakhstan and educated as a psychiatrist. He began publishing science fiction work in the 1980s and is today the most popular science fiction writer in Russia.

　　盧基揚年科的巡者系列共分為《Night Watch 夜巡者》、《Day Watch 日巡者》、《Twilight Watch 幽巡者》、《The Last Watch 終巡者》四部曲。本書為第三部。

盧基揚年科（Sergey Lukianenko）

歐洲科幻大會2003年度最佳作家
俄羅斯科幻大會2006年度最佳作家

　　1968年生於前蘇聯的哈薩克斯坦共和國，畢業於國立阿拉木圖醫學院，曾當過實習醫師，後來轉任《世界》科幻雜誌副總編輯。1988年發表首部作品──科幻短篇小說《毀滅》。1992年，小說《四十島騎士》廣獲好評，隔年，便轉為專職作家。至今出版小說數十部，並在國內得獎無數，包括俄國重要的「艾立塔獎」幻想文學發展貢獻獎史上最年輕的得獎人頭銜，是俄國當代最重要且最受歡迎的科幻奇幻小說家之一。