This volume holds another three interlinked stories following members of the Day and Night Watches. The first follows Zabulon's girlfriend Alice as she recuperates in a youth camp where she meets Igor, a Night Watch member also their to recuperate. Unfortunately they don't realise they are on opposing sides until it is too late. The second story introduces a stranger from the Ukraine who appears in Moscow with memory loss and powers that just keep growing. And the third pulls these two stories together as the Day and Night Watches are called to a Tribunal with the Inquisition in Prague. Once again this volume embraces the dark, gritty side of the supernatural world and a more traditional way of story telling that doesn't always end well. The writing is engrossing and pulls the reader along at every stage and builds on the characters and the world of the Others with every chapter and story.