Last Wish: Introducing the Witcher

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Overview

Geralt de Rivia is a witcher. A cunning sorcerer. A merciless assassin.

And a cold-blooded killer.

His sole purpose: to destroy the monsters that plague the world.

But not everything monstrous-looking is evil and not everything fair is good

. . . and in every fairy tale there is a grain of truth.

The international hit that inspired the video game: The Witcher.

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Overview

Geralt de Rivia is a witcher. A cunning sorcerer. A merciless assassin.

And a cold-blooded killer.

His sole purpose: to destroy the monsters that plague the world.

But not everything monstrous-looking is evil and not everything fair is good

. . . and in every fairy tale there is a grain of truth.

The international hit that inspired the video game: The Witcher.

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Geralt de Rivia is a pale, white-haired witcher, a cunning sorcerer who kills without pangs of conscience. He pursues a single purpose: to destroy the dangerous monsters that plague the planet. Both cynical and noble, he plies his grim trade in the midst of uncertainty, a highly trained assassin who must respond instantaneously to danger. The Last Wish introduces the Witcher to an American audience; in author Andrzej Sapkowski's native Poland, this series outsells Stephen King and Michael Crichton.

Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780316029186
  • Publisher: Little, Brown & Company
  • Publication date: 5/1/2008
  • Format: Mass Market Paperback
  • Pages: 384
  • Sales rank: 56,938
  • Product dimensions: 4.12 (w) x 6.75 (h) x 1.00 (d)

Meet the Author

Andrzej Sapkowski was born in 1948 in Poland. He studied economy and business, but the success of his fantasy cycle about the sorcerer Geralt de Riv turned him into a bestselling writer. He is now one of Poland's most famous and successful authors.

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  • Posted August 11, 2009

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    Old school fantasy!

    I'm so glad that Andrzef Sapkowski's Witcher books were translated into English. This story is "old school fantasy" - utilizing some ancient monsters and fairy tale characters in a new and exciting storyline. Universal theme of "good vs evil" leaves you wondering which team each character plays on. The reader experiences the story of the Witcher through a series of flashbacks which can be slightly confusing at times, but helps to tell the Witcher's story in a fun and unique way.

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  • Posted March 26, 2009

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    The Witcher

    Apparently the stories contained within Last Wish have been made into a video game called "The Witcher". I haven't played it, but I have read the book and it is excellent. Fantasy and Sci-Fi are the two genres I've never been able to get interested in. I couldn't read Lord of the Rings and I never finished the Harry Potter series. Try as I might, I have trouble suspending my disbelief to the level that most of these books ask. The Last Wish was somehow different. Yes, there was magic and monsters and swords and all that jazz, but the heart of each of the stories contained in this novella are morality issues. Issues of mercy, bigotry and corruption are really what drive each of the stories. Don't think that this is a boring book though. Geralt keeps the reader entertained constantly.

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  • Posted April 19, 2010

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    Hard to put down.

    I read this book in one sitting! It's a perfect blend of action and mystery. The skills that The Witcher uses makes me want to become a Witcher. Anyone reading sci-fi and adventure should pick this book up.

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  • Posted March 30, 2010

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    Different.

    It was an interesting read. The characters were well crafted, and the story was different. It seemed like it was cut short, even though it reached a conclusion (sort of).

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  • Posted March 13, 2010

    Short Story Delight

    This is a great series of short stories about the mysterious witcher. This book promises great things for the witcher in the series that follows.

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  • Posted August 18, 2009

    A collection of short stories in The Witcher world

    Having become interested in The Witcher due to the computer game based on this author's work, I wanted to check out the stories for myself. What I found was an interesting and fun to read collection of short stories that are not necessarily linear in time frame, but all related nonetheless. For fantasy or fiction readers out there, I would recommend it as a good read.

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  • Posted October 27, 2008

    Last Wish review

    For anyone who likes fantasy books I would recommand this book to read as a side book, such as in between books in a series. It does have a nice storyline that you can get into and it does draw off of some fairy tales from our childhoods such as Snow White or Cinderella, but with a twist i'll let you find out. --- Joey Phillips

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  • Posted December 9, 2008

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    engaging 'Witcher' fantasy collection

    Geralt de Rivia enters Vizima where after a barroom brawl in which he leaves three dead, he meets the king¿s castellan Velerad, whose monarch King Foltest needs his help. Seven years ago, recently crowned as the ruler, Foltest impregnated his sister. She and their opffspring died during childbirth. Now his daughter has awakened as a striga mass killing anyone in her way. Foltest say he will kill Geralt if he harms his daughter, who if she fails to return to her coffin within three rooster crows she will become human. However, if she remains a striga he is to kill her with his silver sword that slays magical beings. --- THE LAST WISH is actually a compilation of six ¿Voice of Reason¿ short novellas (¿The Witcher¿, ¿A Grain of Truth¿, ¿The Lesser Evil¿, ¿A Question of Price¿, ¿The Edge of the World¿, and ¿The Last Wish¿) that served as the base to the Witcher video game. The above paragraph is the opening gamut to the adventures of Geralt de Rivia the Witcher with each subsequent tale building from previous escapades. Geralt is consistent throughout as a cold blooded killing sorcerer whose adventures are fun to follow due to his strange code of ethics while hunting monsters many of whom hide as beatific humans afflicting his plane with their evil. --- Harriet Klausner

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