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The Last Wish
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The Last Wish

book I
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OUR REVIEW

This is the one you should read first. If you start with Sword of Destiny – which came out before The Last Wish in the original Polish edition – or with Blood of Elves – which is Volume 1 in the 5-volume Witcher saga – you’re going to be a bit lost! Granted, it’s a bit confusing, but fortunately, you’ve come to the right place. Here at the official on-line Sapkowski bookstore, we’re here to help! This volume will introduce you to the character who is beloved by millions of readers: Geralt, the mutant witcher, a bounty hunter who kills monsters for money. His world is a dark one, but it that has its funny moments, too: this saga plays fast and loose with the codes of fantasy and magic. Wizards don’t necessarily wear pointy hats, and princesses can be pains in the neck! And if you don’t want to read this whole volume in one fell swoop, you’re in luck: it’s divided into separate stories!  

Publisher: Gollancz 
Number of pages: 288 pages
Publication date: 14 Feb. 2008
Description:
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 semi-cliche to completely original; nothing is as it first seems. Sapkowski succeeds in seamlessly welding familiar ideas, unique settings and delicious twists of originality: his Beauty wants to rip the throat out of a sensitive Beast; his Snow White seeks vengeance on all and sundry, his elves are embittered and vindictive. It's easily one of the best things I've read in ages.'

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