The Witcher · Book 5
Baptism of Fire
- Published
- 1 January 1996
- Pages
- 352
- ISBN-13
- 9780575090972
- Type
- novel
About this book
Baptism of Fire is the fifth book in The Witcher series, released in 1996. It was credited to Andrzej Sapkowski and David French. It spans 352 pages.
Its place in The Witcher
Baptism of Fire is book 5 in the The Witcher series. It follows Time of Contempt. It is followed by The Tower of the Swallow. See the full The Witcher reading order.
Geralt of Rivia is a witcher — a monster hunter mutated and trained from childhood to track down the things that prey on ordinary people, feared and distrusted by the villagers he protects precisely because he isn't quite human anymore. Andrzej Sapkowski built the series out of dark, morally slippery fairy-tale retellings before turning it into a full political fantasy saga: Geralt gets pulled out of his solitary monster-hunting life by his bond with Ciri, a princess with a destiny several kingdoms are willing to…
Editions
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780575090972
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9781473231108
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9788370541033