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NIGHT WATCH



In the prologue, which is set in medieval times, humans with extra powers are called Others. The Others are either proponents of light or dark and confront each other to do battle. Gessar, lord of light, realises that the two forces are evenly matched and both will be destroyed. In parley with Zavulon, general of dark, the two agree to a truce in which the light will form a Night Watch and the dark a Day Watch to maintain the balance before the coming of the Great One who will choose either Light or Dark and thereby bring one to prominence.

In modern Russia, when his wife leaves him for another man, Anton goes to see an old woman who he believes will be able to bring her back. This woman tells him that his wife is pregnant by the other man and the fetus must be aborted or she will return to the other man. Anton accepts responsibility for this. The old woman prepares a drink involving Anton's blood which he drinks. He has a vision of his wife telling the other man they have to split up. The old woman casts a spell to abort the fetus and Anton's wife on a distant boat collapses and clutches at her womb but just as the spell is about to be complete, three figures burst into the room, one of whom shapeshifts into a tiger, and restrains the old woman. They express surprise when Anton sees them and note that he must be a seer...