善有時披著惡的外衣行善,惡有時披著善的外衣作惡。
善與惡的界線是否真能分辨?
★長據俄國暢銷書榜7年,全球賣出美、英、德等多國版權,僅在俄國已熱銷兩百萬冊
★美國「亞馬遜」網站稱譽:《夜巡者》的小說世界媲美托爾金精心架構的奇想世界,也媲美艾西莫夫最好的作品。
★導演昆丁.塔倫提諾盛讚 :我們才從《魔戒》中回過神來,無法想像還有什麼能使我們神魂顛倒,直到這部奇幻傑作的出現。……這是一部超自然力的史詩。
★原著小說改編成電影在俄國超越《魔戒》與《哈利波特》票房,美國福斯電影公司買下全球電影版權
我進入了影子幽界,我看得見你,你看不見我……
在光明與黑暗之界,善與惡混沌未明……
夜巡者以當下鮮活的俄國社會為背景,以奇幻科幻為架構,以推理手法為情節演進,保有俄國小說特有的哲思味卻又別出心裁──善惡二元共存的哲學辯證,除了驚悚、懸疑、刺激,更且發人深省。
這個世界是一個黑暗與光明既對立又共存的世界,半世紀前的大會戰讓雙方傷亡慘重,誰也不能戰勝對方,因此協議簽訂和約,各組巡邏隊維持秩序。
光明界的「夜巡隊」與黑暗界的「日巡隊」相互牽制著彼此的均勢,維繫著某種程度的和平生活。二十世紀末,莫斯科發生了數起兇殺案,無辜市民被黑暗勢力的吸血鬼非法殺害;同時間,又出現一位女子,她受到了黑暗惡念詛咒影響而產生強烈巨大黑旋風,有毀滅整個城市之虞。這些徵兆都預示著一場風雨欲來的善惡大對決即將展開……
*本書中譯本>由圓神出版。
They are the "Others," an ancient race of supernatural beings—magicians, shape-shifters, vampires, and healers—who live among us. Human born, they must choose a side to swear allegiance
to—the Dark or the Light—when they come of age.
For a millennium, these opponents have coexisted in an uneasy peace, enforced by defenders like the Night Watch, forces of the Light who guard against the Dark. But prophecy decrees that one
supreme "Other" will arise to spark a cataclysmic war.
Anton Gorodetsky, an untested mid-level Light magician with the Night Watch, discovers a cursed young woman—an Other of tremendous potential unallied with either side—who can shift the
balance of power. With the battle lines between Light and Dark drawn, the magician must move carefully, for one wrong step could mean the beginning of annihilation.