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Sacrifice of the personal for the larger goal. And yet I felt I missed some of the details, the emotional impact of the whole. What’s the equivalent expression of leisure and obligation? Is the ‘have to’ an ethical obligation or a social one? Declaring or implying? Something more is contained in every word chosen–a hint of characterization, a whiff of judgement, an implication. In America, there is often an implication of economics and social status. Take the concept “I have to walk the dog.” Not too hard, is it? Except in translating, do you use the pronoun “I” or is it implied in the verb? If you leave the ‘I’ out, are you implying something about importance of self? What about ‘walk’ and ‘dog?’ In English, ‘walk’ tends to imply a more leisurely pace. The philosophy of language makes me dizzy the chicken-egg relationship between cognition and verbal expression means that something is likely lost in translation the more sophisticated or fantastical a thought becomes. Day Watch maintains the clever, fast-paced style of the original, and shows the reader that even in a world of witches and wizards, vampires and werewolves, good and evil can be a matter of perspective.I can’t get over the suspicion I’m reading this in the wrong language.

Meanwhile, a powerful artifact with the ability to bring the most powerful Dark magician in history back to life has gone missing. In Day Watch, we follow the Dark Others, including a young witch with the tragic misfortune of falling in love with a Light Other, a powerful warlock who struggles to understand his purpose in the war, and a top lieutenant who worries that Zabulon, the leader of the Day Watch, is planning to betray him. The forces of Darkness tasked with keeping the Light Others in check are the Day Watch. For the past 1000 years, the two sides have been locked in an uneasy truce, keeping their powers in balance as each side secretly plots to take the advantage for themselves. Set in contemporary Moscow, the Night Watch series tells the story of the Others, an ancient race of magicians, shape-shifters, vampires, and other supernatural beings that live among us, and swear allegiance to either the powers of Darkness, or the forces of Light.