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The Last Wish is the perfect introduction to this one-of-a-kind fantasy world. and in every fairy tale there is a grain of truth.Īndrzej Sapkowski, winner of the World Fantasy Lifetime Achievement award, started an international phenomenon with his Witcher series. Yet he is no ordinary killer: he hunts the vile fiends that ravage the land and attack the innocent.īut not everything monstrous-looking is evil not everything fair is good. Geralt of Rivia is a Witcher, a man whose magic powers and lifelong training have made him a brilliant fighter and a merciless assassin. Introducing Geralt the Witcher – revered and hated – who holds the line against the monsters plaguing humanity in the bestselling series that inspired the Witcher video games and a major Netflix show. I'd recommend this to any fan of heroic or dark fiction.Experience the world of the Witcher like never before with this stunning deluxe illustrated hardcover edition of The Last Wish!įeaturing seven gorgeous illustrations from seven award-winning artists – one for each story in the collection of adventures – it celebrates the first chapter of the bestselling, groundbreaking series that inspired the hit Netflix show and the blockbuster video games. "Sapkowski has a confident and rich voice which permeates the prose and remains post-translation. fresh take on genre fantasy."- Foundation "Like Mieville and Gaiman, takes the old and makes it new. "One of the best and most interesting fantasy series I've ever read."- Nerds of a Feather Geralt comes across a derelict mansion where he is met with the current owner-not. "Delightful, intense, irreverent, and compelling.you have to read The Witcher books because they are rife with all of the elements that make you love fiction, and especially fantasy, in the first place.In a word, The Witcher delivers."- Hypable Andrzej Sapkowskis The Witcher A Grain of Truth Hardcover. "This is a series you can sink your teeth into."- BuzzFeed News The Witcher: Book 4: The Tower Of The Swallow: Collectors Edition (Hardcover) Authors: Andrzej Sapkowski, and David French Published by: Gollancz Publishing. Translated from original Polish by David French

Now he needs them back, because sorcerers are scheming, and across the world clouds are gathering. He uses magical signs, potions, and the pride of every Witcher-two swords, steel and silver.īut a contract has gone wrong, and Geralt finds himself without his signature weapons. Geralt of Rivia is a Witcher, one of the few capable of hunting the monsters that prey on humanity. Join the Witcher as he undertakes a deadly mission in this stand-alone adventure set in the Andrzej Sapkowki’s groundbreaking epic fantasy world that inspired the hit Netflix show and the blockbuster video games. Before he was the guardian of Ciri, the child of destiny, Geralt of Rivia was a legendary swordsman.