The Witcher · Book 4

Time of Contempt

by Andrzej Sapkowski

Published
1 January 1995
Pages
331
ISBN-13
9780575084957
Type
novel

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About this book

Number 4 in The Witcher series, Time of Contempt was dated 1995. It was credited to Andrzej Sapkowski and David French. It runs just 331 pages, the shortest entry in the series.

Its place in The Witcher

Time of Contempt is book 4 in the The Witcher series. It follows Blood of Elves. It is followed by Baptism of Fire. 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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