The Tower of the Swallow: A Witcher Novel Audible Audiobook – Unabridged

Andrzej Sapkowski (Author), Peter Kenny (Narrator), Orion Publishing Group (Publisher)

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Introducing Geralt the Witcher - revered and hated - who holds the line against the monsters plaguing humanity in the best-selling series that inspired the Witcher video games and a major Netflix show.

The world has fallen into war. Ciri, the child of prophecy, has vanished. Hunted by friends and foes alike, she has taken on the guise of a petty bandit and lives free for the first time in her life.

But the net around her is closing. Geralt, the Witcher, has assembled a group of allies determined to rescue her. Both sides of the war have sent brutal mercenaries to hunt her down. Her crimes have made her famous.

There is only one place left to run. The tower of the swallow is waiting....

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16 hours and 46 minutes
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Andrzej Sapkowski
Narrator

Peter Kenny
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19 May 2016
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English
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Orion Publishing Group
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B01B231SRM
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Unabridged
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Listening Length	16 hours and 46 minutes
Author	Andrzej Sapkowski
Narrator	Peter Kenny
Whispersync for Voice	Ready
Audible.co.uk Release Date	19 May 2016
Publisher	Orion Publishing Group
Program Type	Audiobook
Version	Unabridged
Language	English
ASIN	B01B231SRM
Best Sellers Rank	1,072 in Audible Books & Originals (See Top 100 in Audible Books & Originals) 46 in Classic Literature 82 in Epic Fantasy (Audible Books & Originals) 164 in Fiction Classics (Books)

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Colin Hamilton

It’s a grind...

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 1 September 2019

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I’m grinding through this book because I’ve read the others but I’m not really enjoying it anymore.
I don’t like the way the guy writes he’s always jumping about through time and stuff and not in a clever way.
I’ve had enough but I hate to leave things unfinished.

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Alaran

The structure and writing are often messy, but it possesses some good scenes

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 6 June 2020

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‘The Tower of the Swallow’ is a bit of a mixed bag. Quite a lot happens that progresses the overall story of the series and there are some excellent combat sequences. Often, though, the writing is quite meandering in getting to certain points. Things are often bitty and broken, sidling around events and jumping perspectives and time zones in detailing what has happened or is happening.

The Witcher series often adopts different approaches to writing and storytelling; some more successful than others. Even if they happen not to quite work at times, they are still generally of interest in some way. Here, though, the author uses similar techniques to those he has used before but seems to get a bit carried away adopting multiple techniques and approaches, sometimes to tell the same thing. This results in a bit of overlap and repetition, rendering things a little confusing at times.

Much of ‘Baptism of Fire’ was devoted to establishing Geralt and his ‘team’. They are still a good and entertaining element of the novel but there is simply not enough of them after their build up in ‘Baptism of Fire’. For a series that is entitled ‘The Witcher’ it is a bit light on him.

Instead a lot of the book is occupied with the various figures that are involved in some way in tracking down and capturing Ciri. The novel is more orientated around how these characters frequently hamper each other’s efforts in capturing or killing Ciri because they focus on their own agendas. Following all of them is done in several ways, utilising different styles. Sometimes, though, this is too experimental and doesn’t really work.

The better parts of the novel probably involve Ciri and her continuing character development as she is forced to adapt to survive those that hunt her. The setback and sufferings she has to endure begins to send her down a dark path psychologically and the novel leaves her in an interesting place character wise.

Although it possesses some good plot developments for the overall series and some strong, exciting scenes, the unnecessarily convoluted style result in this being one of the weaker Witcher books.

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Anonymous

Good book, poor translation.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 23 January 2021

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Overall it's a good book but the English translation is of a rather poor quality:
- The book is full of literal translations from the Polish language which often makes you guess the intended meaning.
- Lack of consistency: same words are translated differently in different parts of the book.
- Some translations are simply incorrect and include very fundamental phrases which are warned against at schools.
- Typos are quite common too.

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the noob

Fitting ending for a great saga !

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 15 July 2017

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Hard to describe without spoilers but I like the slight Game Of Thrones style of approach :)
I realise that the game series missed so many opportunities, not sure if due to copyright tho.
Back to the granny's house ... for people who read the first 3 books of the saga (+ the stories) the last two are a must and I think you'll enjoy them more than the first. Certainly the style changed, more details to the action and more good quality humour.

I seldom smile while reading a book but this one made me laugh out loud in one occasion.
And almost cry in another. Such is life. Now go and read it !

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Phillip

They do get better and better

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 19 March 2021

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I admit that I did struggle to get through the first book, but I am finding myself more drawn into the world and characters. I really enjoyed the narrative and Ciri’s story in this one. All the characters are great at this moment, the villains are really good and interesting.

Anyway straight onto the last book p, hopefully it is as good as this one.

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Mr. C. P. McFarlane

So Good I've Read it Twice

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 29 October 2016

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I enjoyed this book so much that I've already read it twice since I got it back in May. I've never read a novel twice before, not even the previous Witcher books, so that's an indication of how much I enjoyed The Tower of the Swallow. Unlike the previous books this story is not told in chronological order and is told through a number of characters perspectives and that actually works extremely well and keeps the saga fresh and creative even though its the fourth book. This also has to be the funniest book of the saga as it made me laugh multiple times even during the second read. All of the characters are interesting, especially the people joining Geralt on his expedition, particularly, my favorite character of all the books, Milva. Now I can't wait to read Lady of the Lake and see how this truly fantastic saga ends.

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Laurence

Beautiful writing that makes you feel.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 5 January 2017

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Some book series can really take your breath away, and The Witcher is one of those.

Let me start off by saying that the translation of this book is almost perfect. It's as readable as any book written in English, and the translator has done a very good job with this. Do not be tempted to read fan translations. I've attempted both - and there's no comparison.

The book itself is, in a word; gripping. I don't think I've ever been as emotionally invested in the characters within a book as I have with these. Of course, that may be exacerbated for me by the beauty of the game series, but even standalone these books hold their own easily. Sapkowski's writing really highlights relationships between the characters, and provides some serious emotional termoil along the way. You won't be sorry you picked up this series, it's absolutely breathtaking.

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MagdalenaB

Adventures continue

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 1 April 2022

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It feels like every book has a different style. In this one, jumping through time and changing narrator's can get confusing if you don't pay attention. Overall good read tho

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