The Last Wish (#1 Tales of the Witcher - Short Stories)

Author(s): Andrzej Sapkowski

Science Fiction / Fantasy

The New York Times bestselling introduction to the Witcher series that inspired the Witcher video games. *Look out for Season of Storms in May 2018*Geralt is a witcher. Yet he is no ordinary killer-for-hire. 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 collectionsThe Last WishSword of Destiny Witcher novelsBlood of Elves The Time of ContemptBaptism of Fire The Tower of SwallowsLady of the LakeThe Malady and Other Stories: An Andrzej Sapkowski Sampler (e-only)  Translated from original Polish by Danusia Stok

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Andrzej Sapkowski is a major European bestseller, as big in Poland as Pratchett, King and Crichton October 2007 sees the launch of THE WITCHER, a game based on the Sapkowski books, which will be as big as HALO or THE PRINCE OF PERSIA Sapkowski was an economist working in foreign trade when he entered and won a writing competition in Fantastyka Magazine in 1985; now his fantasy novels top the bestseller lists for months at a time Published in nine languages already, including French (Bragelonne), Spanish and Russian - and a bestseller in all of them. Sapkowski's Geralt, the witcher from Rivia, will stand alongside Elric, Conan and Covenant as a great fantasy hero Sapkowski has repeatedly been awarded all the major Polish literary prizes

Andrzej Sapkowski was born in 1948 in Poland. He studied economy and business, but the success of his fantasy cycle about the sorcerer Geralt of Rivia turned him into a bestselling writer and he is now one of Poland's most famous and successful authors, selling more in his own country than Stephen King or Michael Crichton.

General Fields

  • : 9780575082441
  • : Orion Publishing Group, Limited
  • : Gollancz
  • : 0.272
  • : March 2008
  • : 196mm X 132mm
  • : United Kingdom
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : Andrzej Sapkowski
  • : Paperback
  • : 1
  • : English
  • : 891.8536
  • : oc2008000171
  • : 288