Night Watch (Watch 1) by Sergei Lukyanenko

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The Night Watch series has caused a sensation never before seen in Russia -- its popularity is frenzied and unprecedented, and driven by a truly great, epic story. In 2005 Fox Searchlight announced it had acquired the Russian film adaptation for an American release. Interest in the books... read more

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The Twilight: Parallell worlds that overlap the existing world in which normal humans live. The Others can travel to different levels of the Twilight in direct proportion to their level of power. Each lower level of the twilight requires more effort and energy to enter into. As an individual goes into lower levels of the Twilight, aspects of the "normal world" slowly dissapear and loose color. At the lowest levels of the Twilight, color returns in a very diminished hue. Dead Others linger at the 6th level of the Twilight. Onlight the most enlightened and powerful Others can travel to the 7th level of the Twilight which is a recognition that the Twilight and "Normal World" are cyclical. Instead of going backward through the Twilight (6th level, 5th, 4th, 3rd, 2nd, 1st, then Normal World), the most powerful Other's learn that they can simply move foward from the 6th Level onto the 7th Level/The Normal World. When an individual first enters The Twilight, their emotions will determine their alignment with either the Daywatch or the Nightwatch (and in some cases the Inquisition).
Other: The term for an individual who was once human but now uses some form of magic to exist. As it occurs in their world, magic exists all around and is created/projected by normal human beings (via their emotions). An Other does not create magic like a normal human being and in a way is devoid of it. The less magic they "Create," the more they are able to manipulate the magic that flows through their "void." The most powerful of Others are completely devoid of magic in their natural state and are able to channel magic through the entirety of their body. Others must align themselves with the Light, the Darkness or the Inquisition. There are various type of Others such as magicians, enchantresses, vampires, werewolves, and shape shifters. Their powers are defined largely by their type of Other. Other's must be born with their powers though Vampires can transform normal people into Others - this is looked down upon as Vampires are largely considered the lowliest of Dark Others. However, a Vampire becomes more powerful with age and kills and can at times attain a power that is higher than most other Others. Later in the series, it is revealed that a magician managed to find a way to transform a human into an Other but the transformation is forbidden.
Nightwatch: The organization of Light Others. Their duty is to protect the human world from the Daywatch and largely consider themselves to be selfless. All Others may regain their power through rest but to achieve immediate restoration, Light Others must take the joy and happiness away from humans around them which they must repay with interest at a later time. Problems occur with morality as the Nightwatch may at times sacrifice humans or their own agents for what they deem to be the greater good.
Daywatch: The organization of Dark Others. Their loyalty lies in themselves and then their organization. They exist to keep balance with the Nightwatch and hope to gain a permenant upperhand on the Nightwatch. All Others regain their power through rest but to achieve immediate restoration, Dark Others must take the anger and sorrow of humans around them, often amplifying the emotion within the human (with no need for remuneration). Individuals in the Daywatch value their own freedom above all others and rarely act in according for others.