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The Witcher, Geralt of Rivia, holds the fate of the world in his hands in the New York Times bestselling first novel in the Witcher series that inspired the Netflix show and video games.

For more than a hundred years, humans, dwarves, gnomes and elves lived together in relative peace. But times have changed, the uneasy peace is over and now the races are fighting once again - killing their own kind and each other.

Into this tumultuous time is born a child of prophecy, Ciri, surviving heiress of a bloody revolution, whose strange abilities can change the world - for good, or for evil...

As the threat of war hangs over the land, Geralt the Witcher must protect Ciri from those who are hunting the child for her destructive power.

But this time, Geralt may have met his match.

Translated by Danusia Stok.

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Gollancz
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19 Aug. 2010
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Like Mieville and Gaiman, Sapkowski takes the old and makes it new - FOUNDATION

An incredibly nuanced, well-articulated novel, imbued with a self-assured command of description and brimming with Eastern European folklore - Starburst on Time of Contempt

Delightfully dry humour, mythology brimming with radical creatures and a group of interesting characters - Fantasy Book Review

One of the best and most interesting fantasy series I've ever read - Nerds of a Feather

There's lots of imagination on show, the writing has a strong voice, and the Witcher is an entertaining character - Mark Lawrence --This text refers to an alternate kindle_edition edition.

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Geralt, the witcher of Rivia, is back - and this time he holds the fate of the whole land in his hands . . . --This text refers to an alternate kindle_edition edition.

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The Witcher, Geralt of Rivia, holds the fate of the world in his hands in the New York Times bestselling first novel in the Witcher series that inspired the Netflix show and video games. For more than a hundred years, humans, dwarves, gnomes and elves lived together in relative peace. But times have changed, the uneasy peace is over and now the races are fighting once again - killing their own kind and each other. Into this tumultuous time is born a child of prophecy, Ciri, surviving heiress of a bloody revolution, whose strange abilities can change the world - for good, or for evil... As the threat of war hangs over the land, Geralt the Witcher must protect Ciri from those who are hunting the child for her destructive power. But this time, Geralt may have met his match. Translated by Danusia Stok. --This text refers to an alternate kindle_edition edition.

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For more than a hundred years humans, dwarves, gnomes and elves lived together in relative peace. 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 ...Into this tumultuous time is born a child for whom the witchers of the world have been waiting. Ciri, the granddaughter of Queen Calanthe, the Lioness of Cintra, has strange powers and a stranger destiny, for prophecy names her the Flame, one with the power to change the world - for good, or for evil ...Geralt, the witcher of Rivia, has taken Ciri to the relative safety of the Witchers' Settlement, but it soon becomes clear that Ciri isn't like the other witchers. As the political situation grows ever dimmer and the threat of war hangs almost palpably over the land, Geralt searches for someone to train Ciri's unique powers. But someone else has an eye on the young girl, someone who understand exactly what the prophecy means - and exactly what Ciri's power can do. This time Geralt may have met his match. --This text refers to an alternate kindle_edition edition.

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Geralt, the witcher of Riva, is back - and this time he holds the fate of the whole land in his hands . . . --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

About the Author

Andrzej Sapkowski worked in finance until the success of his fantasy cycle about the witcher Geralt of Riv turned him into Poland's bestselling writer. He lives in Lodz, in Poland. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0043M66Z4
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Gollancz; 1st edition (19 Aug. 2010)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 3162 KB
Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Enabled
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Print length ‏ : ‎ 324 pages
Page numbers source ISBN ‏ : ‎ 0575084847

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Andrzej Sapkowski (Polish pronunciation: [ˈandʐɛj sapˈkɔfskʲi]; born 21 June 1948) is a Polish fantasy writer and former economist. He is best known for his best-selling book series The Witcher. In 2012 Sapkowski was awarded the Medal for Merit to Culture – Gloria Artis.

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FallenGrace

Great start to The Witcher Saga.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 1 August 2017

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Blood of Elves is the first of five books in The Witcher Saga by Polish author Andrzej Sapkowski. Originally written in the mid to late nineties, all five books as of this year are finally released in English so it seemed like a good time to read them all back to back. This series was originally created as part of an entry to a short story competition for a magazine with many short stories published from that. There are two short story collections gathering them with additions I recommend reading first as they provide a lot of background information into the characters and Witcher world. (The first collection is The Last Wish and the second being Sword of Destiny )

The story focuses largely on two characters, Geralt of Rivia, a Witcher (enhanced mercenaries who fight monsters for money) and Princess Cirilla of Cintra, known as Ciri. She has the blood of elves flowing through her and has been destined to be Geralts ward. This blood gives her surprising powers the Witchers don't know how to deal with and have turned to outside help from sorceresses to train her all the while some people are searching for her with seemingly sinister intentions...

The story is excellent and had me pretty hooked from start to finish, the translation feels very well paced and well written with several moments especially with Dandilion the bard really made me laugh. The book isn't especially action heavy (which may disappoint those who have played the computer games based on the series) but takes a pretty in depth look into Ciri's training at the Witcher's Keep of Kaer Morhen as well as introducing the political state of the world as well as several characters from previous short stories like Yarpen and Yennifer.

My one complaint, if you could call it that, is that it still feels like several short stories tied together rather than a full novel, the book is practically in sections and the ending was pretty abrupt but the actual content is excellent and feels like it's building up for the next book which I shall be reading straight away, Time of Contempt .

Recommended.

+ Well written.
+ Good pacing.
+ Great characters.

- Ends pretty abrubtly.

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Ben W

Just a bit dull really

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 25 June 2019

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I read lots of fantasy and sci-fi, although had never read the Witcher books before. I did play a bit of Witcher 3 which provoked me into buying this book and finally reading it. To be honest, I thought it was spectacularly mediocre - so much so that I’ve actually walked away about 2/3 of the way through, and I’m a reader who tries hard not to do that!

Why? Well, it lacks any real narrative thread at all. The construct of short stories joined together doesn’t work as a novel. There is a semblance of investment in world building, but in the main I thought there was lots of unwieldy dialogue masquerading as character-building, whilst manifestly failing to actually do so. No pace, no momentum, no real sense of threat or engagement in the characters, no standout sections to interrupt the tedium.

Just dull, like I say. I never expected to say this, but the game is vastly superior in every respect.

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Alexa

What's the hype about?

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 5 March 2019

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I ordered this book on the recommendation of a friend, and because of the fact that it won the David Gemmell award but I have to say that I am missing what's so great about the book. The idea is good, if a little tired, and the story starts off well - I thought I would enjoy it. But it didn't really go anywhere from there.

There are pages and pages and pages of unnecessary dialogue - literally entire chapters. This seems to be the authors way of filling the reader in on the history and background of the story. But it got to the point where I was just skimming over these bits because they were so long, and the dialogue was between characters that weren't even part of the story. There is so much going on in the background of the story that this seem a clunky way of imparting it to the reader and just left me feeling confused.

Then onto the characters. By the end of the book I didn't feel like I knew or understood any of them. I had no understanding of their history, their motivations or their feelings. I don't really feel like I even know what's going on.

I am honestly baffled by the hundreds of good reviews. There are so many better fantasy books out there.

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Luke

Love the characters, plot and even the politics

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 11 September 2019

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That last point is the biggest winner for this book in my opinion. I'm not one for politics in books, it's why I never finished the Game of Thrones series. Usually I find it relies on too many geographical places, people's names, their titles and who deserves what. However, this book has be intrigued and the author has cleverly explained the politics and the oncoming war (I presume) in layman's terms.

On top of this, I've grown to love the characters ever more and want to know more than ever about them. However, I am hoping for more monsters in the ext book, but I understand this was setting up for a much larger tale to be told.

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DGC Kiwi 17

Meh.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 23 December 2018

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Just found this a bit boring. Since I started reading fantasy and sci-fi back in the 80's I have very rarely given up on a book half way through. Unfortunately, this was one that I just couldn't be bothered finishing.

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Robert

Solid Entry to the Witcher Saga

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 4 July 2018

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Blood of Elves is Andrzej Sapkowski's opening novel to the Witcher saga. I found it an excellent read and hard to put down. I would definitely recommend reading this after the 2 short stories that come before it as they tell you about some of the characters that feature in this novel.

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