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.Geralt of Rivia is a Witcher,a man whose magic powers and lifelong training have made him a brilliant fighter and a merciless assassin.Yet he is no ordinary killer: he hunts the vile fiends that ravage the land and attack the innocent.But not everything monstrous-looking is evil; not everything fair is good...and in every fairy tale there is a grain of truth.Translated by Danusia Stok.Andrzej Sapkowski,winner of the World Fantasy Lifetime Achievement award,started an international phenomenon with his Witcher series. The Last Wish is the perfect introduction to this one-of-a-kind fantasy world.
Publisher: Orion Publishing CoISBN: 9781399611398Number of pages: 304Weight: 280 gDimensions: 196 x 126 x 26 mm
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Like a complicated magic spell,a Sapkowski novel is a hodge podge of fantasy,intellectual discouse and dry humour. RecommendedCharacter interplay is complex,unsentimental and anchored in brutal shared historyDelightfully dry humour,mythology brimming with radical creatures and a group of interesting characters,The Last Wish is a great introduction to this universeSapkowski has a confident and rich voice which permeates the prose and remains post-translation. I'd recommend this to any fan of Heroic or Dark fictionOne of the best and most interesting fantasy series I've ever readLike Mieville and Gaiman,(Sapkowski) takes the old and makes it new...(a) fresh take on genre fantasyThere's lots of imagination on show,the writing has a strong voice,and the Witcher is an entertaining characterRefreshing and a lot of fun to readCaptivating,often nerve-wracking,and truthfully...rip-roaring fun
Andrzej Sapkowski
A bestselling Polish fantasy writer,Andrzej Sapkowski is best-known for his series The Witcher. Novels in the Witcher pentalogy are,in order,Blood of Elves, Time of Contempt,Baptism of Fire,The Tower of Swallows and Lady of the Lake. There are also a number of short stories set in the same world,collected in Sword of Destiny and The Last Wish.
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