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** ''Transparent Stained-Glass Windows'' (2002) is a short story set some time after ''False Mirrors''. It follows a policewoman investigating a virtual reality prison that turns out to be a secret research project to create new Divers.
* '''''[[Night Watch (novel)|Night Watch]]'''''. Likely the most well-known works by Lukyanenko (especially outside Russia) and his only series to have more than three entries. The tetralogy is set in our [[Like Reality Unless Noted|familiar reality with a few key differences]]: [[The Masquerade|supernatural exists but is hidden]] from the [[Normal People]] by the supernatural beings (dubbed "Others"). The Others are split between the humanist faction of [[Light Is Not Good|Light]] and the individualistic [[Dark Is Not Evil|Darkness]]. To avoid both [[Mutual Kill|Mutual Extermination]] and worldwide [[Witch Hunt|Witch Hunts]], neither side [[Balance Between Good and Evil|can be allowed to prevail]], and so the system of the Watches has been put into place for the counterparts to monitor each other.
** ''Night Watch'' (1998). The first novel mainly follows Anton Gorodetsky, a Light Other serving the Moscow Night Watch (called so because they patrol the night, when the Dark Others are active), who gets entangled in three interconnected supernatural cases. As it turns out, all of them are part of a [[The Chessmaster|grander scheme to rewrite destiny]]... concocted by Anton's own superiors. The first novel is the most philosophical of the series, exploring the nature of good, evil, [[Idealism vs. Cynicism|idealism, cynicism]], and free will,--something that has been declining as the series progressed.
** ''Day Watch'' (2000), co-written with [[Vladimir Vasilyev]], who went on to write a [[Spin-Off]] novel ''The Face of Black Palmira''. In contrast to the first novel, which explored the Light Others philosophy, the second one centers on the Dark Others. The events of ''Night Watch'' left them at a disadvantage and the Day Watch sets out to correct that. In fact, even nature itself seems to be on their side this time...
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