This is a tough, bloody, bitter and very lyrical text. Intended to be a “true story about vampires,” the novel ended up being anything but “vampire.” No, there are vampires there. They live, suffer, love, hate, rejoice, kill, die... But what is happening around them is much more interesting. What happens to people. And with not quite people. Instead of a sword - an ax. Instead of magic - a strong word. It will be painful and scary for everyone. And to make the story more convincing, the author pitted “village” and “urban” prose against each other, mixed genres, created horror and fog. And when in the end all the riddles are solved, this is no longer very important, because, first of all, “The Night Watcher” is a novel about choosing a path.