The Last Wish - Andrzej Sapkowski & Danusia Stok

The Last Wish

By Andrzej Sapkowski & Danusia Stok

  • Release Date: 2008-12-14
  • Genre: Epic Fantasy
Score: 4.5
4.5
From 4,523 Ratings

Description

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.

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 original Polish by Danusia Stok

Reviews

  • Not what was expected

    4
    By karenindixie
    While this “beginner Witcher book” was a fun read, I found myself a bit let down by the constant poke and pillage of well-known fairy tales. Being a novice to the Witcher series, I simply did not expect that. Will I continue reading the series? Perhaps. Perhaps not. I’ll give it some thought and maybe someone will read this review and convince me to do so.

  • Classic Fantasy at its best!

    5
    By Darkmuze
    I was worried about the translation but needn’t have been. It was well worth the time.

  • Thanks, Netflix

    4
    By sidmongo
    After finishing the third season of Witcher on Netflix I decided to read the stories that inspired the series. I’d seen how bad the story could be written, now I wanted to see how well it was originally written. Thank you Netflix for inspiring me to read a well crafted, entertains story so different from what I watched.

  • Loved it

    4
    By Lunchboxxx-21
    This book was great!

  • Better than the show

    5
    By Zach 金哲凯
    Pleasantly surprised by the book’s pace

  • Is Complimented by the Show Beautifully

    5
    By NickTheDragon2054
    This book is the original and the Netflix show is an adaptation. However, the show does a great job of complimenting this book beautifully! The book is a tour de force of Geralt’s adventures that you can totally imagine in high def thanks to the show. Some of the adventures in the book should have been more faithfully adapted in the show like the scene with the Djinn. But live-action is constrained by budgets and technical/effects/CGI challenges—I get that. That’s why I am very pleased to go deeper into the world of The Witcher with these books while I watch the show… Time for ‘Sword of Destiny’!

  • Witcher: Book 1

    5
    By J-Dog1997
    Good read. Very entertaining

  • Fun read

    5
    By Mollyfisch
    I like the short story format. A fun read that has me wanting more!

  • Nice

    5
    By Puppy Peppy
    I watched the movie and it was amazing 🤩

  • Loved it

    5
    By Redvess
    Fast paced when it needed to be. Slowed down to take in the scenery and really make the reader feel like an eye witness to this fantastic story.

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