Sword of Destiny: Tales of the Witcher – Now a major Netflix show
May 2015 · Hachette UK
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Geralt the Witcher - revered and hated - holds the line against the monsters plaguing humanity in the bestselling series that inspired the hit Witcher Netflix show and video games.
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 David French.
Andrzej Sapkowski, winner of the World Fantasy Lifetime Achievement award, started an international phenomenon with his Witcher series. In this second collection of short stories, following the adventures of the hit collection The Last Wish, join Geralt as he battles monsters, demons and prejudices alike . . .
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 David French.
Andrzej Sapkowski, winner of the World Fantasy Lifetime Achievement award, started an international phenomenon with his Witcher series. In this second collection of short stories, following the adventures of the hit collection The Last Wish, join Geralt as he battles monsters, demons and prejudices alike . . .
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531 reviews
Jesse Marshall
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August 8, 2015
Andrzej Sapkowski is a master storyteller, one who has created a gritty, dark fantasy world filled with memorable characters that, in my opinion, surpasses A Song of Ice and Fire in every way. Both fans of fantasy and those who aren't really fond of it can still enjoy the brilliant, character-driven saga of Geralt of Rivia. Buy it, read it, read it again.
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Ben Moss
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January 10, 2020
This series, 2 books in, reminds me a lot of Fafhrd and the Grey Mouser by Fritz Leiber. Sword of destiny jumps around a bit in time and location, and is more a short story collection than a novel. Very well written. Lots of fun to read.
Eemeli Paananen
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April 22, 2020
Sapkowski's writing may not be the easiest to follow for fast readers but take your time, and you find such a cool world with story telling that is something else. Nothing else to say. Just read it if mature content doesn't bother you!
About the author
Andrzej Sapkowski was born in 1948 in Poland. He studied economy and business, but the success of his fantasy cycle about the Witcher Geralt of Rivia turned him into a bestselling writer and he is now one of Poland's most famous and successful authors, selling more in his own country than Stephen King or Michael Crichton.
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