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The Witcher · Book 1

Sword of Destiny

by Andrzej Sapkowski

Published
1 January 1992
Pages
400
ISBN-13
9781473211544
Type
collection

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About this book

Published in 1992, Sword of Destiny is the first Witcher book Sapkowski wrote in Polish, though most English editions place it second after The Last Wish, since the latter's stories introduce Geralt more naturally. It runs 400 pages and gathers the short-story fairy-tale retellings that predate the five-book Blood of Elves saga.

Its place in The Witcher

Sword of Destiny is book 1 in the The Witcher series. It is followed by The Last Wish. 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…

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