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Title: Sixth Watch
Title: Sixth Watch
Series:
Night Watch #6
Author:
Sergei Lukyanenko
Rating:
4 of 5 Stars
Genre:
Urban Fantasy
Pages:
403
Format:
Digital Edition
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Synopsis: |
A rogue vampire has started biting people in broad daylight and what's more, they're just taking a “sip” from each victim. Anton figures out that the vampire is sending a coded message to him using the initials of the victims.
Once
he figures that out, ALL the prophets have the exact same
foretelling. Something dealing with the numbers 1-6 and the End of
All Life on Earth.
So
both Watches, Night and Day, give all acting Authority to Anton to
figure out what is going on. It turns out that an old Agreement by
the Sixth Watch and the Twilight, in the personafication of the Two
In One, has been breached and that gives the Two In One the right to
wipe humanity down to 1%.
The
solution is to invoke the Sixth Watch, which involves both Watches,
the Witches, the Vampires and Other “Others”. Huge sacrifices are
made by many people and the Agreement is null and voided. Humanity
and the “Others” are all saved.
Anton
is sacrificed and gives up his “Other” powers and becomes truly
human. Thus ends his story in the Night
Watch universe.
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My Thoughts: |
What a great end to
this series. This was just as good as all the previous books and had
that perfect mix of pathos, humor, tension, fear and maturity.
I think what I
liked best about this book and the series, even while I'm opposed to
it, is the fact that Anton goes from an idealistic Light One to a
pragmatic Human. I suspect I enjoyed his journey because in SO many
ways it mirrors my own journey through life.
I also liked how
Anton's sacrifices include having his family make sacrifices. The
load wasn't all on his shoulders and there was nothing he could do
about it. Watching his 16year old daughter choose to sacrifice her
future as a Zero Ultimate Other, man, that's tough.
While there are a
lot more stories to be told in the Watch series, I suspect that
Lukyanenko has reached the end of his interest and thus chose to wrap
things up nice and neat. Anton has always been the center of the
stories and with his story done, I think the flavor would irrevocably
change, enough so to affect any future stories.
This is one of the
few Urban Fantasies that I've been able to stomach over the last
couple of years and I think that speaks well to Lukyanenko's skill. I
also think it shows that somewhere I've got some Russian blood in my
past. That or I'm the reincarnation of Turgenev. Haha.
★★★★☆
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