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Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54 EAN: 9780441005543 ISBN: 0441005543 Label: Ace Manufacturer: Ace Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 338 Publication Date: September 01, 1998 Publisher: Ace Studio: Ace Related Items: Alternate Versions: Click to Display Browse for similar items by category: Click to Display Editorial Review: Amazon.com Review: In Sean Stewart's Resurrection Man (a New York Times notable book), magic began creeping back into the world shortly after World War II, although no one was quite sure why. In The Night Watch, it's the year 2074, and magic holds as much sway as technology. On the Southside of Edmonton the magic has been tamed by a hard ruler named Winter, whose high-tech soldiers often serve as mercenaries for neighboring communities. But in Vancouver, magic is encroaching on what used to be the Chinatown district and the monsters it brings with it are decimating the remaining humans. When Winter sends 100 of his best soldiers to police the streets of Chinatown, the two cities are forced into an uneasy relationship of cooperation. When the Southside's heir apparent, Emily Thompson, flees her grandfather Winter's forceful rule, it puts the two sides at odds, and only the death of a young girl may save the day. Product Description: The fabulously acclaimed Resurrection Man uncovered a world where the horrors of modern war and technology had given rise to magic. Now the magic returns--and nothing will ever be the same... Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Night WatchA post-magical apocalypse political thriller and story about succession and inheritance in several senses. Stewart writes beautifully and creates original, well-detailed worlds. There were two aspects of this book that didn't work so well for me: first, the political thriller plot became incoherent, and second, the Chinatown culture seemed stereotypical (martial arts, empty cups of tea, whatever). On the other hand, I loved his evocation of the North Coast forest, and the way the elegance ... Read More Rating: - Unusual world, interesting to visit.I like Sean Stewart (disclosure) but think that Perfect Circle and Mockingbird are his best works. This is quite different from those books, but still and interesting read. Perhaps this is more comparable to Galveston. This is not a "big world" book. It focuses on two cities in a future where magic has become strong (but is beginning to ebb again) and the two different cultures these cities have and the differences between them. It has some very clever magic. Forests that ... Read More Rating:  - Inconsistent, derivitave and absorbed with minutiaeI have to admit that I read through this book fairly quickly and that it kept me more or less engaged right up until the end. Unfortunately, that's about the best thing that can be said for this rather dreary novel. Stewart starts off with the potentially interesting (if over-used) concept of our high-tech world giving away to magic, but then drops the ball. Sure, there's magic out there, but somehow technology still works. Except when it doesn't. And the very high-tech, industrialized city of Vancouver ... Read More Rating: - Artfully blends fantasy and science fictionMost "genre" fiction is pretty limited in the sense of literary style. Let's face it, your average science fiction/fantasy/horror/thriller novel may be entertaining, even meaningful, but rarely stands out as a craft of language and structure. In "The Night Watch" I was pleased to find both a good story and an excellent example of literary craft. Some passages of the novel read like poetry, with a cadence and a cunning use of language that somehow moves the story along at the same time as it makes ... Read More Rating:  - Enchanting and intensely real- One thing I've noticed is that Stewart's fiction tends to polarize readers. People either get annoyed with the story and walk away rolling their eyes, or they get very excited about what Stewart accomplishes with his prose, his characters, his distinctive humor, his understanding of life. I certainly fall into the latter category. Night Watch appealed to me immediately with its enchanting jumble of science fiction and fantasy, and quickly pulled me in deeper with its lyricism and the ... Read More 
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