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Geralt the Witcher—revered and hated—holds the line against the monsters plaguing humanity in this collection of adventures, the first chapter in Andrzej Sapkowski’s groundbreaking epic fantasy series that inspired the hit Netflix show and the blockbuster video games. The New York Times bestselling series. Over fifteen million copies sold worldwide. World Fantasy Award-winning author. David Gemmell Legend Award-winning author. Named one of the greatest book series of all time by Forbes. Geralt is a Witcher, a man whose magic powers, enhanced by long training and a mysterious elixir, have made him a brilliant fighter and a merciless hunter. Yet he is no ordinary 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. Witcher collections: The Last Wish, Sword of Destiny. Witcher novels: Blood of Elves, The Time of Contempt, Baptism of Fire, The Tower of Swallows, Lady of the Lake, Season of Storms. Hussite Trilogy: The Tower of Fools, Warriors of God. Translated from the original Polish by Danusia Stok.