| rdfs:comment | - The cover illustration of the British edition, by Paul Kidby, is a parody of Rembrandt's painting Night Watch. This is the first main-sequence Discworld novel not to have a cover by Josh Kirby. Kidby pays tribute to the late artist by placing him in the picture, in the position where Rembrandt painted himself. The actual painting by Rembrandt is used as the back cover illustration.
- Night Watch is one of Mira's favorite Discworld books, and makes her cry like the sap she is. Partly a hardboiled police procedural, partly humorous fantasy, and partly political commentary, it is responsible for her crush on Discworld copper Sam Vimes.
- Night Watch (Russian: Ночной дозор, Nochnoy Dozor) is a fantasy novel by Sergei Lukyanenko published in 1998. The story revolves around a confrontation between two opposing supernatural groups (known as "Others"): the Nightw, an organization dedicated to policing the actions of the Dark Others—and the Day, which polices the actions of the Light Others. The novel is first in a tetralogy that continues with Day Watch (Dnevnoy Dozor, Дневной дозор), Twilight Watch (Sumerechny Dozor, Сумеречный дозор) and Final Watch (Posledniy Dozor, Последний дозор).
- The Night Watch is a compact of hunters that first appear in the book Night Stalkers. The Night Watch are made up of street gang members who attempt to keep supernatural influences, especially vampires, off of their turf.
- The Night Watch primarily wears black coloured Power Armour, with the helmet and shoulder guards being coloured a cobalt blue. The trim of the shoulder guards is also black. The Aquila or Imperialis on the chest is silver in colour. The white coloured squad specialty symbol (Tactical, Assault, Devastator, or Veteran) is indicated on the right shoulder guard. A black coloured Roman numeral centered in the middle of the squad specialty symbol indicates squad number. The symbol on the left knee pad indicates company number in accordance with Codex-approved heraldry.
- "Goodnight, Frankie boy." "Yeah, g'night, Bill." The night watchman closed the door as his colleague left and slid his key into the latch, locking it behind him. From there it was all downhill. He wandered back down the long corridor of the ground floor offices and gradually switched all the lights off as he passed through until he reached the far end where his little security office was located. He was confident now that he was the only person left in the building. Then he heard the unmistakable sound of the office door slowly unlocking. (Credited to Scotty from Terror Tortellini)
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| abstract | - The cover illustration of the British edition, by Paul Kidby, is a parody of Rembrandt's painting Night Watch. This is the first main-sequence Discworld novel not to have a cover by Josh Kirby. Kidby pays tribute to the late artist by placing him in the picture, in the position where Rembrandt painted himself. The actual painting by Rembrandt is used as the back cover illustration.
- Night Watch is one of Mira's favorite Discworld books, and makes her cry like the sap she is. Partly a hardboiled police procedural, partly humorous fantasy, and partly political commentary, it is responsible for her crush on Discworld copper Sam Vimes.
- Night Watch (Russian: Ночной дозор, Nochnoy Dozor) is a fantasy novel by Sergei Lukyanenko published in 1998. The story revolves around a confrontation between two opposing supernatural groups (known as "Others"): the Nightw, an organization dedicated to policing the actions of the Dark Others—and the Day, which polices the actions of the Light Others. The novel is first in a tetralogy that continues with Day Watch (Dnevnoy Dozor, Дневной дозор), Twilight Watch (Sumerechny Dozor, Сумеречный дозор) and Final Watch (Posledniy Dozor, Последний дозор).
- "Goodnight, Frankie boy." "Yeah, g'night, Bill." The night watchman closed the door as his colleague left and slid his key into the latch, locking it behind him. From there it was all downhill. He wandered back down the long corridor of the ground floor offices and gradually switched all the lights off as he passed through until he reached the far end where his little security office was located. He was confident now that he was the only person left in the building. He locked that door behind him too, as was procedure, confident in the large screen displaying CCTV footage throughout the building. He was just settling down with a crossword puzzle when he heard an unmistakably loud thud from out in the corridor. Stricken and confused, he scoured the screen, seeking the camera feed and, upon finding nothing, decided to investigate. He had a long walk before he reached the corridor light switch and so, brought his flashlight with him, swinging it back and forth, looking to find the object that had fallen or the suspected assaliant, which lurked at the back of his mind. He scoured the walls, found himself feeling more nervous than usual. There was nothing. Even once he had switched the lights on, checking the various rooms along the corridor, he couldn't find anything. He decided to leave the lights on for a couple of hours, making a mental note to come back out and shut them off on his next patrol. The building was forever spooking him, it was an old rickety place. Formerly a judicial office then a private lawyers office for half a century before the insurance firm had bought it over. It was incredibly eerie at night but he could usually put it out of his mind. Once he made his way back to the little office, he closed the door and locked it once again, giving it a firm push to make sure it was tightly shut. He decided to have one last glance through the CCTV feed, surprised as he noticed a faint greenish light easing it's way down the corridor. This was like nothing he had seen before. It was almost translucent, only a faint, rectangular shape glowing against the shadows cast on the walls by the overhead lights. He watched it glide down the corridor, fading out of view and then back in and grew convinced that it was an error within the camera itself. But as it progressed, slowly picking up pace, he realised the glowing shape was also present on the feed from outside his office door. With a bemused expression, a sense of dread bubbling in his throat, he watched as it slowly approached the camera, disappearing out of view. Then he heard the unmistakable sound of the office door slowly unlocking. (Credited to Scotty from Terror Tortellini)
- The Night Watch is a compact of hunters that first appear in the book Night Stalkers. The Night Watch are made up of street gang members who attempt to keep supernatural influences, especially vampires, off of their turf.
- The Night Watch primarily wears black coloured Power Armour, with the helmet and shoulder guards being coloured a cobalt blue. The trim of the shoulder guards is also black. The Aquila or Imperialis on the chest is silver in colour. The white coloured squad specialty symbol (Tactical, Assault, Devastator, or Veteran) is indicated on the right shoulder guard. A black coloured Roman numeral centered in the middle of the squad specialty symbol indicates squad number. The symbol on the left knee pad indicates company number in accordance with Codex-approved heraldry.
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