The world in which these adventures take place is heavily influenced by Slavic mythology. At the same time cynical and noble, Geralt has been compared to Raymond Chandler's signature character Philip Marlowe. Geralt exists in an ambiguous moral universe, yet manages to maintain his own coherent code of ethics. The main character of The Witcher (alternative translation: The Hexer) is Geralt, a mutant assassin who has been trained since childhood to hunt down and destroy monsters. This cycle and his many other works have made him one of the best-known fantasy authors in Poland in the 1990s. Sapkowski has created a cycle of tales based on the world of The Witcher, comprising three collections of short stories and five novels. His first short story, The Witcher ( Wiedźmin), was published in Fantastyka, Poland's leading fantasy literary magazine, in 1986 and was enormously successful both with readers and critics.

Sapkowski studied economics, and before turning to writing, he had worked as a senior sales representative for a foreign trade company. Geralt is a witcher, a man whose magic powers, enhanced by long training and a mysterious elixir, have made him a brilliant fighter and a merciless assassin.Īndrzej Sapkowski, born Jin Łódź, is a Polish fantasy writer. It is beautifully written, full of vitality and endlessly inventive: its format, with half a dozen episodes and intervening rest periods for both the hero and the reader, allows for a huge range of characters, scenarios and action. The Witcher is supposed to be a guardian of the innocent, a protector of those in need, a defender against powerful and dangerous monsters that prey on men in dark times. The Wizards Guild has been shattered by a coup and, in the uproar, Geralt was seriously injured. But times have changed, the uneasy peace is over and now the races once again fight each other - and themselves: dwarves are killing their kinsmen, and elves are murdering humans and elves, at least those elves who are friendly to humans. Geralt the Witcher has fought monsters and demons across the land, but even he may not be prepared for what is happening to his world.įor more than a hundred years, humans, dwarves, gnomes and elves lived together in relative peace. Hunted by friends and foes alike, she has taken on the guise of a petty bandit and lives free for the first time in her life. Ciri, the child of prophecy, has vanished. Witcher Series Andrzej Sapkowski Collection 6 Books Bundle includes titles in this collection :- The Tower of the Swallow, Time of Contempt, Blood of Elves, Baptism of Fire, The Last Wish, Sword of Destiny.

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