Lady of the Lake (1999being translated for a 2017 release in US)Ĩ. The Tower of Swallows 1997 translated 2016ħ. The Time of Contempt 1995 translated 2015Ħ. Sword of Destiny Short Storeis 1992 translated 2015ģ. The Last Wish Short Stories 1992, translated from Polish to English 2007 when the first Witcher Video Game was releasedĢ. The series and the games continue to this day with books 7 and 8 awaiting English translation (as of 2016).ġ. It is not until the third book does a dedicated novel emerge. I was impressed enough to order the Sword of Destiny when I was only half way through. This was designed as an introduction to the series. This works pretty well, but is not always smooth. The structure reveals the over-arching narrative of the Voice of Reason which attempts to connect all the others.

No map, table of contents (TOC), or glossary were featured in the paperback translation. Sapkowski stands out as a leading non-English writer. This makes for a fast, entertaining read. This approach allows for funny banter, philosophizing, and entertaining information-dumps. Geralt has dialogue with antagonists often. Humans tend to persecute or shun the weird witchers sustaining future witchers is addressed as the seeds of an apprenticeship are sown. Lots of humor present is reminiscent of Fritz Leibers Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser series. Each story was as if Conan was dumped into the Grimm’s Fairy tales. His investigative methods are a bit rougher than Sherlock Holmes. monster conflict they are more humans/vs strange forces in which Geralt referees (and usually kills). Sapkowskis stories have conflicts that are not lone-Witcher-in-the-wild vs. Actually there is less hunting monsters than Geralt sleuthing mysterious altercations.

After hundreds of years killing creatures, there are fewer threats and witchers. More to come, the author and series continueĪndrzej Sapkowskis Geralt of Rivia is a Witcher, a superhuman trained to defeat monsters. Inspired the Witcher game series a decade later (2007-ongoing) They spawned from Poland, not the United States or United Kingdom

The Last Wish and most of the series were published in the 1990s Andrzej Sapkowski’s The Last Wish is a must read for sword-and-sorcery aficionados.

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