'Sapkowski's The Last Wish is a great collection of short stories centered around a witcher, Geralt - a rare sorcerous breed who hunts down the monstrous but is feared by the innocent. 'Sapkowski has a phenomenal gift for narrative, inventing sensational events, creating a suggestive mood, and building up the suspense along with a dazzling, slightly cynical sense of humor.'- Jacek Sieradzki, Polityka on The Last Wish 'A breath of fresh air in a well-worn genre.fresh take on genre fantasy.'- Foundation on The Last Wish 'Like Mieville and Gaiman, takes the old and makes it new. 'Like a complicated magic spell, a Sapkowski novel is a hodgepodge of fantasy, intellectual discourse, and dry humor.

Sapkowski is a genuine stylist.'- Nerds of a Feather Though it functions well as adventure fiction, it has added depth and value as satire and commentary on fantasy literature. 'One of the best and most interesting fantasy series I've ever read. 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 'Delightful, intense, irreverent, and compelling. Complex character relationships enrich this already complex world this is the sort of series fantasy fans will cherish.'- B&N 'The universe of Sapkowski's The Witcher is one of the most detailed and best-explored in modern fantasy, offering endless opportunities for fresh ideas.'This is a series you can sink your teeth into.'- BuzzFeed News

Translated from original Polish by David French Leo Bonhart, the man who chased, wounded, and tortured Ciri, is still on her trail. She knows she must escape to finally rejoin the Witcher and his companions-and also to conquer her worst nightmare. She is trapped.īut this is the child of prophecy, and she will not be defeated. Time does not seem to exist and there are no obvious borders or portals to cross back into her home world.

Trapped in a world ruled by the Elves, separated from Geralt and her destiny, Ciri will need all her training as a fighter and sorceress to survive in the fifth novel of the Witcher, Andrzej Sapkowski’s groundbreaking epic fantasy series that inspired the hit Netflix show and the blockbuster video games.Īfter walking through the portal in the Tower of Swallows and narrowly escaping death, Ciri finds herself in a completely different world.

Lady of the lake by andrzej sapkowski