Andrey Vystavkin Blog

Yesterday, I’ve read the last (up to the moment), the fourth book – “Final Watch”, written by Sergey Lukyanenko. I can’t say, that I like sci-fi or fantasy books, but being honest, the way of writing reminded me Strugatsky brothers: good balance of action and narration, maybe that’s the reason why I couldn’t stop reading yesterday. I won’t write about the book, the author, because anybody can easily find a lot of information about it, but I was a little bit shocked, when I saw this interpretation of Night watch in the Scotland Sunday article:

The Cold War is not over. It’s just happening on a level most of us can’t see - in the Twilight, the murky reality beneath, or perhaps alongside, the everyday one.

What the heck does it have to do with cold war?!

Alright, there were some hints in the book, where the author was talking about the involvement of Others in history, again trying to keep the “ceasefire treaty”, and through all four books, the author is telling the reader that only men can act in good and bad ways [and also a small exclusion about high mages in the forth book], but there is nothing to do with Cold War: reckless schemes, underlying motives – sci-fi.
I’d say that the author of the article took not the best definition of confrontation between Day Watch and Night Watch. The definition of “Cold War” has enough of stereotypical comprehensions, which can cause a negative attitude for the book.
Fortunately, at the first days of selling the Night Watch in the UK, particularly all the circulation was sold out, and soon the Europe and USA will get the translated continuation of the tetralogy from Sergey Lukyanenko.
“Do you really think it’s the Final Watch?”