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Season of Storms (The Witcher, 8) (original 2013; edition 2018)

by Andrzej Sapkowski (Author)

Series: The Witcher (8)

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"Geralt of Rivia is a Witcher, one of the few capable of hunting the monsters that prey on humanity. A mutant who is tasked with killing unnatural beings. He uses magical signs, potions, and the pride of every Witcher--two swords, steel and silver. But a contract has gone wrong, and Geralt finds himself without his signature weapons. Now he needs them back, because sorcerers are scheming, and across the world clouds are gathering"--Amazon.com.… (more)
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Title:Season of Storms (The Witcher, 8)
Authors:Andrzej Sapkowski (Author)
Info:Orbit (2018), 464 pages
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Season of Storms by Andrzej Sapkowski (2013)

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Вещерът стана доста успешен франчайз и въпреки, че първите книги от поредицата така и не можаха да ми харесат, последната ме спечели. ( )
  Longanlon | Nov 19, 2024 |
Not my favorite Witcher book but it was an enjoyable read.
  aysonohbata | Nov 8, 2024 |
A mutated individual who hunts monsters that threaten innocent lives, he isn’t supposed to be a name on people’s tongues, but he is and finds himself tangling with monsters he wasn’t trained to tackle. Season of Storms is a prequel novel and final installment in Andrzej Sapkowski’s The Witcher series that follows Geralt of Rivia as he finds himself looking for his stolen property while being a pawn in several power chess games.

This book read like a series of short stories that are interrelated to one another and not like a “normal” novel usually does. Given this was a prequel Sapowski tried to put this into the established timeline of everything he’d already written and so there was information to put this book into the timeline which felt ham fisted at best. While I went into this book willing to give it the benefit of the doubt, but like the last few books published before this one the quality was wanting and given the structure it just made me frustrated. Honestly there were incidents that if had been fashioned into short stories and the book a collection of numerous stories, I might have really like this book but given what it is I enjoyed the good parts and wanted to forget all the other stuff.

Season of Storms ends the Witcher saga is a somewhat limping note even though it was a prequel. ( )
  mattries37315 | Jul 5, 2024 |
A nice little palate cleanser to round out the series. ( )
  Belbo713 | Mar 11, 2024 |
I should have read this before the series, but it doesn't really matter. The stories are really just vignettes from the world of The Witcher. It's actually kind of exciting to hop back to the beginning. ( )
  rabbit-stew | Dec 31, 2023 |
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Belletti, RaffaellaTranslatorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Faraldo Jarillo, José MaríaTranslatorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
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"Geralt of Rivia is a Witcher, one of the few capable of hunting the monsters that prey on humanity. A mutant who is tasked with killing unnatural beings. He uses magical signs, potions, and the pride of every Witcher--two swords, steel and silver. But a contract has gone wrong, and Geralt finds himself without his signature weapons. Now he needs them back, because sorcerers are scheming, and across the world clouds are gathering"--Amazon.com.

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