Books Details
Author : Andrzej Sapkowski Pages : 292 pages Publisher : Gollancz Language :
eng ISBN-10 : B0043M6712 ISBN-13 :
Books Descriptions
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. Yet
he is no ordinary murderer: his targets are the multifarious monsters and vile
fiends that ravage the land and attack the innocent. He roams the country
seeking assignments, but gradually comes to realise that while some of his
quarry are unremittingly vile, vicious grotesques, others are the victims of sin,
evil or simple naivety.One reviewer said: 'This book is a sheer delight. 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. It's thought-
provoking without being in the least dogmatic, witty without descending to
farce and packed with sword fights without being derivative. The dialogue
sparkles; characters morph almost imperceptibly from
