The Malady and Other Stories The Malady and Other Stories

The Malady and Other Stories

An Andrzej Sapkowski Sampler

Andrzej Sapkowski and Others
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Publisher Description

The New York Times bestselling series that inspired the international hit video game: The Witcher

A sample of offerings from international fantasy superstar Andrzej Sapkowski, and the perfect introduction to his work.

Best known for his series of stories and novels about Geralt, the Witcher, Sapkowski is one of the most successful fantasy authors in the world.

Contains:

2 complete Witcher short stories taken from THE LAST WISH, the first chapter of Blood of Elves, the first Witcher novel, the first chapter of Baptism of Fire, the third full-length book in the series, and a non-Witcher short story "The Malady."

GENRE
Fiction & Literature
RELEASED
2014
December 16
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
351
Pages
PUBLISHER
Orbit
SELLER
Hachette Digital, Inc.
SIZE
2.4
MB

Customer Reviews

ConnorDaley ,

A weird mix

Full disclosure, I only read this for The Malady, as I could not find it elsewhere, but the cover is cool anyway and it’s a cheap collection. With that being said it’s also a weird and completely nonsensical collection…so I’ll just tell you what I rated them and move on.

The Malady is a Tristan and Iseult/Arthurian reimagining, retelling, or alternative version. I won’t lie and say I’ve read the original, but I know for sure this is not it. Morholt arrives on the shores of Brittany with gaps in his memory and a scar on his head…meanwhile Tristan lies abed with a groin wound that’s festering. It more or less boils down to changing and saving the legend by having Branwen and Morholt fall madly in love instead. It’s definitely weird overall, but personally a 3.5/5* for me.

The rest of the featured stories:

The Witcher and The Edge of the World short stories which appear in The Last Wish. I gave The Last Wish 5/5*

The first chapter of Blood of Elves which I gave 4/5*

The first chapter of Baptism of Fire which I gave 4/5*

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