History Creator / SergeyLukyanenko

* '''''Literature/TheStarsAreColdToys''''' (1996-97). The third SpaceOpera series, a duology this time, inspired in many aspects by the Creator/StrugatskyBrothers' ''Literature/NoonUniverse''. About TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture, humanity has discovered FTLTravel and thus made contact with the galaxy-ruling Conclave of alien races. The conclave is reigned by the ancient Strong races, while Weak ones (humanity included) are either pidgeonholed into a particular service (humans are FTL taxi drivers) or exterminated. [[/index]]

* '''''Literature/TheBoyAndTheDarkness''''' (1993-94, [[ScrewedByTheNetwork first published in 1997]]). A philosophical and deeply symbolic novel that should be more aptly titled ''[[ABoyAndHisX A Boy and his Wings]]''. An OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent is TrappedInAnotherWorld whose population sold their sun to enigmatic aliens in return for wings. InAWorld of total darkness, the hero must learn to fly using a [[TheSymbiote symbiotic winged suit]] and participate in the eternal war between local humans and an alien race attracted by the dark. The two protagonists would later make a {{cameo}} appearance in ''Wrong Time For The Dragons'', the central character also plays an important role in ''The Planet That Doesn't Exist''.

* '''''Literature/{{Borderlands}}''''' series about adventures on an alien world called Centrum.

* '''''The Road to Mars''''' (2014). A collaborative novel written by 15 authors. The early 21st century. The first manned expedition to Mars, an international venture. The expedition encounters unknown extraterrestrial forces that seek to block human advances. The cosmonauts and astronauts have to be brave to not only reach their destination alive but reveal the greatest mystery of the Solar System for the past billion years.

* '''''Literature/{{Trix}}''''' series about the adventures of teenage magician Trix Solier. The setting is vaguely MedievalEuropeanFantasy oddly paralleling our world. FunctionalMagic runs on laws of literature and magicians have to stay [[RuleOfCool creative]] and not too [[DiscreditedTrope repetitive]].

* '''''Literature/SeekersOfTheSky''''' (2001). An AlternateHistory SteamPunk duology, which, unlike Lukyanenko's other duologies, is actually a single novel split in two for publishing reasons. In this setting, UsefulNotes/{{Jesus}} Christ was killed by Herod's troops, but {{God}} took pity on humanity and saved another boy who became known as the Redeemer, the Step-Son of God. Two millenia later, the Roman Empire has never collapsed, almost all iron in the world is gone, and limited magic, based off the Redeemer's miracles, is possible. Saying more would spoil a lot, since the BackStory is revealed slowly over the course of the novels. They are also an impressive study of religion and faith, wrapped into a thriller narrative. It can be also noted that the author decided to receive baptism after finishing them.

* '''''Literature/{{Genome}}'''''. Yet another (fourth, to be precise) SpaceOpera series. While not exactly a CrapsackWorld, it is one of Lukyanenko's more cynical works, a fact he admitted himself in the first novel's dedication. In this world, all humans undergo specialization in a certain profession (be it a starship navigator, a soldier, or a HighClassCallGirl) on a genetic level. Needless to say, these specialists love their jobs and don't care much about anything else.

* '''''Literature/NightWatchSeries'''''. Likely the most well-known works by Lukyanenko (especially outside Russia) and his only series to have more than three entries. The series is set in our [[LikeRealityUnlessNoted familiar reality with a few key differences]]: [[TheMasquerade supernatural exists but is hidden]] from the NormalPeople by the supernatural beings (dubbed "Others"). The Others are split between the humanist faction of [[LightIsNotGood Light]] and the individualistic [[DarkIsNotEvil Darkness]]. To avoid both [[MutualKill Mutual Extermination]] and worldwide {{Witch Hunt}}s, neither side [[BalanceBetweenGoodAndEvil can be allowed to prevail]], and so the system of the Watches has been put into place for the counterparts to monitor each other.

* '''''Literature/LabyrinthOfReflections''''' trilogy is set in an AlternateHistory where, in the early days of the Internet, a Russian hacker stumbled across a hypnotic pattern that made human brain perceive crude 3D-graphics on a computer display as a full-blown virtual reality. This {{Cyberspace}}, called "the Deep", has since become omnipresent. The first novel has been referred to as "Russian answer to ''Anime/SerialExperimentsLain'' and ''Film/TheMatrix''", [[OlderThanTheyThink despite predating them by a year or two]].

* '''''Literature/WrongTimeForTheDragons''''' (1997), co-authored with Creator/NickPerumov. An [[SummonEverymanHero everyman hero is summoned]] to a parallel world, for a long time protected from extradimensional invaders by [[OurDragonsAreDifferent the mighty Dragons]], until [[TurnedAgainstTheirMasters their extermination by humans]]. With a new attack looming, the [[ElementalPowers Elemental]] and [[AnimalMotifs Totem Mage Clans]] are divided: one faction strives to [[TheDragonsComeBack bring the Dragons back]], while the other is opposed to it and seeks the Dragon Slayer, the man who was summoned from another world to [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin kill them]].