The Last Wish
Introducing the Witcher - Now a major Netflix show
Author: Andrzej Sapkowski Series: Gollancz
Andrzej Sapkowski is a major European bestseller, as big in Poland as Pratchett, King and Crichton October 2007 sees the launch of THE WITCHER, a game based on the Sapkowski books, which will be as big as HALO or THE PRINCE OF PERSIA Sapkowski was an economist working in foreign trade when he entered and won a writing competition in Fantastyka Magazine in 1985; now his fantasy novels top the bestseller lists for months at a time Published in nine languages already, including French (Bragelonne), Spanish and Russian - and a bestseller in all of them. Sapkowski's Geralt, the witcher from Rivia, will stand alongside Elric, Conan and Covenant as a great fantasy hero Sapkowski has repeatedly been awarded all the major Polish literary prizes
The book that heralded the arrival of a European superstar!
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Andrzej Sapkowski is a major European bestseller, as big in Poland as Pratchett, King and Crichton October 2007 sees the launch of THE WITCHER, a game based on the Sapkowski books, which will be as big as HALO or THE PRINCE OF PERSIA Sapkowski was an economist working in foreign trade when he entered and won a writing competition in Fantastyka Magazine in 1985; now his fantasy novels top the bestseller lists for months at a time Published in nine languages already, including French (Bragelonne), Spanish and Russian - and a bestseller in all of them. Sapkowski's Geralt, the witcher from Rivia, will stand alongside Elric, Conan and Covenant as a great fantasy hero Sapkowski has repeatedly been awarded all the major Polish literary prizes
The book that heralded the arrival of a European superstar!
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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 swordfights 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.'
Critic Reviews
“One of the best and most interesting fantasy series I've ever read-- Nerds of a Feather”
Captivating, often nerve-wracking, and truthfully . . . rip-roaring fun Fantasy Hive Refreshing and a lot of fun to read Grimdark Magazine There's lots of imagination on show, the writing has a strong voice, and the Witcher is an entertaining character Mark Lawrence Like Mieville and Gaiman, [Sapkowski] takes the old and makes it new . . . [a] fresh take on genre fantasy Foundation One of the best and most interesting fantasy series I've ever read Nerds of a Feather Sapkowski has a confident and rich voice which permeates the prose and remains post-translation. I'd recommend this to any fan of Heroic or Dark fiction SF Book Delightfully dry humour, mythology brimming with radical creatures and a group of interesting characters, The Last Wish is a great introduction to this universe Fantasy Book Review Character interplay is complex, unsentimental and anchored in brutal shared history SFX Like a complicated magic spell, a Sapkowski novel is a hodge podge of fantasy, intellectual discouse and dry humour. Recommended Time Magazine
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 sorcerer 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.
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 swordfights 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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