Season of Storms
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4.5 • 661 Ratings
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Publisher Description
Before he was the guardian of Ciri, the child of destiny, Geralt of Rivia was a legendary swordsman. Join the Witcher as he undertakes a deadly mission in this stand-alone adventure set in the Andrzej Sapkowki’s groundbreaking epic fantasy world that inspired the hit Netflix show and the blockbuster video games.
Geralt of Rivia is a Witcher, one of the few capable of hunting the monsters that prey on humanity. 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.
The season of storms is coming. . .
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 David French
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
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-hunter known as the Witcher, is considered "a mutant, beyond the margins of human society." Following his slaying of an idr, a multilegged terror that "only lived to kill," he inflates his fees and is accused of embezzling from the crown. After he manages to get released on bail, Geralt learns that his two unusual swords disappeared while he was in custody, setting him on a quest to retrieve them. Sapkowski makes some odd choices to break up the narrative, including a detailed recipe for potato soup. There are some notable moments, such as Geralt's guilt for having set up the idr's intended victims as bait without successfully protecting them all, but they are the exception in an otherwise standard story, and Sapkowski fails to make these adventures of a supernaturally powerful loner memorable.
Customer Reviews
A good ending.
A wonderful ending to the Witcher Saga. Leaves a lot open to interpretation. A nice, easy read. I enjoyed the simplicity and change of the nice, short chapters.
Not the best. But not the worst.
It was passable, but the Witcher novels seemed to deteriorate over time, at least the last was better than the penultimate, which is the worst one.
GJL
Andrzej paints a compelling hero, who while flawed is impossible not to root for