Andrzej Sapkowski, trans. from the Polish by David French. Orbit, $15 trade paper (288p) ISBN 978-0-316-21913-6
This crowded sequel to the Polish bestseller Blood of Elves mashes up political intrigues, military maneuvers, magic duels, and monster hunts. Geralt, the Witcher (a magic-boosted warrior), and his beloved, the sorceress Yennefer, try to protect...
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Andrzej Sapkowski, trans. from the Polish by David French. Orbit, $26 (464p) ISBN 978-0-316-44163-6
Jarring anachronisms, such as references to an electoral college and rounding up the usual suspects, intrude into the preindustrial fantasy world of Sapkowski’s sixth Witcher novel (after The Lady of the Lake). Geralt of Rivia, the legendary monster-
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Andrzej Sapkowski, trans. from the Polish by David French. Orbit, $28 (464p) ISBN 978-0-316-70535-6
Sapkowski, author of the bestselling Witcher saga, sets a sharply detailed fantasy of magic, lust, and mayhem, the first in a new series, against the backdrop of the religious wars of the Renaissance as Czech Hussite reformers battle Catholic...
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Andrzej Sapkowski, trans. from the Polish by David French. Orbit, $28 (400p) ISBN 978-0-316-59324-3
The marvelously detailed second historical fantasy in Sapkowski’s Hussite Trilogy (after The Tower of Fools) probes the sad irony of peace-loving religious figures forced to turn warrior. In the 15th century, Reynevan of Bielawa, a physician,...
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Andrzej Sapkowski, trans. from the Polish by David French. Orbit, $28 (640p) ISBN 978-0-316-59325-0
Bestseller Sapkowski (Warriors of God) delivers a knockout blow in the epic conclusion to his dense historical fantasy trilogy about the religious wars of the mid–15th century. Reynevan (aka Reinmar of Bielawa), sometime physician and sorcerer, now...
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