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The Time of Contempt

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By Andrzej Sapkowski

Translated by David French

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On Sale
Jul 5, 2022
Page Count
368 pages
Publisher
Orbit
ISBN-13
9780316452762

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$18.99

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$24.99 CAD

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  2. Hardcover (New edition)
  3. Audiobook Download (Unabridged)

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To protect his ward Ciri, Geralt of Rivia sends her to train with the sorceress Yennefer. But all is not well within the Wizard’s Guild in the second novel of the Witcher, 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: guardian of the innocent; protector of those in need; a defender in dark times against some of the most frightening creatures of myth and legend.

His task now is to protect Ciri. A child of prophecy, she will have the power to change the world for good or for ill—but only if she lives to use it.

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
Crossroads of Ravens


Hussite Trilogy
The Tower of Fools
Warriors of God


Translated from original Polish by David French

Genre:

  • Sci-Fi & Fantasy
  • Fiction
  • Fantasy
  • Epic

Series:

  • The Witcher

Andrzej Sapkowski is the author of the Witcher series and the Hussite Trilogy. He was born in 1948 in Poland and studied economics and business, but the success of his fantasy cycle about Geralt of Rivia turned him into an international bestselling writer. Geralt’s story has inspired the hit Netflix show and multiple video games, has been translated into thirty-seven languages, and has sold millions of copies worldwide.

  • "This is a series you can sink your teeth into."
    BuzzFeed News
  • "Delightful, intense, irreverent, and compelling....you have to read The Witcher books because they are rife with all of the elements that make you love fiction, and especially fantasy, in the first place....In a word, The Witcher delivers."
    Hypable
  • "One of the best and most interesting fantasy series I've ever read."
    Nerds of a Feather
  • "Like Mieville and Gaiman, [Sapkowski] takes the old and makes it new ... fresh take on genre fantasy."
    Foundation
  • "Sapkowski has a confident and rich voice which permeates the prose and remains post-translation. I'd recommend this to any fan of heroic or dark fiction."
    SF Book Reviews

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Andrzej Sapkowski

Andrzej Sapkowski

About the Author

Andrzej Sapkowski was born in 1948 in Poland. He studied economy and business, but the success of his fantasy cycle about the Witcher Geralt of Rivia turned him into a bestselling writer. His work has received Poland’s Janusz A. Zajdel prize five times, as well as Great Britain’s David Gemmell Award for Fantasy, in 2009. In 2016, he received the World Fantasy Award—Life Achievement. The Witcher has been adapted to a successful video-game franchise, and is now a series on Netflix.

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The Witcher

Crossroads of Ravens
Crossroads of Ravens
The Witcher Stories Boxed Set: The Last Wish and Sword of Destiny
The Witcher Stories Boxed Set: The Last Wish and Sword of Destiny
The Witcher Boxed Set: Blood of Elves, The Time of Contempt, Baptism of Fire, The Tower of Swallows, The Lady of the Lake
The Witcher Boxed Set: Blood of Elves, The Time of Contempt, Baptism of Fire, The Tower of Swallows, The Lady of the Lake
Season of Storms
Season of Storms
Blood of Elves
Blood of Elves
Sword of Destiny
Sword of Destiny
Baptism of Fire
Baptism of Fire
The Tower of Swallows
The Tower of Swallows
The Lady of the Lake
The Lady of the Lake
The Last Wish
The Last Wish
The Tower of Swallows: Booktrack Edition
The Tower of Swallows: Booktrack Edition
Baptism of Fire: Booktrack Edition
Baptism of Fire: Booktrack Edition
The Time of Contempt: Booktrack Edition
The Time of Contempt: Booktrack Edition
Blood of Elves: Booktrack Edition
Blood of Elves: Booktrack Edition
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