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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.'Product Identifiers
PublisherOrion Publishing Group
ISBN-139780575082441
eBay Product ID (ePID)9046669252
Product Key Features
Book TitleThe Last Wish: Introducing the Witcher-Now a Major Netflix Show
AuthorAndrzej Sapkowski
FormatPaperback
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2008
GenreFantasy
Dimensions
Item Height196mm
Item Width128mm
Additional Product Features
Title_AuthorAndrzej Sapkowski
Series TitleThe Witcher
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom