Sword of Destiny

Sword of Destiny

Cover of the UK edition of Sword of Destiny
Author Andrzej Sapkowski
Original title Miecz przeznaczenia
Translator David French
Country Poland
Language Polish
Series The Witcher
Genre Fantasy
Published
Media type Paperback
Pages 384
ISBN 978-1-4732-1153-7
Preceded by The Last Wish
Followed by Blood of Elves

Sword of Destiny (Polish original title: Miecz przeznaczenia), is the second of the two collections of short stories (the other being The Last Wish), both preceding the main Witcher Saga. The stories were written by Polish fantasy writer Andrzej Sapkowski. The first Polish edition was published in 1992.[1] The English edition was published by Gollancz on 21 May, 2015.[2]


Plot summary

The anthology is composed of several stories, loosely linked in a chronological order.

The short stories in this collection take place before the events of the novels and introduce characters that become major players in the novels. The titular story, The Sword of Destiny, is the first to introduce the character of Ciri. The following story, Something More, which also features Ciri, is a direct prequel to the Witcher Saga, describing events that take place shortly before those in the Saga (such as the fall of the Kingdom of Cintra).

Translations

The book has been translated into Italian, Hungarian, Czech, Russian, Swedish, Finnish, Estonian, Lithuanian, German, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, Serbian, Bulgarian, and French. The English translation was released by Gollancz on May 21, 2015 (translated by David French).[3]

Audio versions

In 2011, after huge success of audio play based on Sapkowski’s Narrenturm, Fonopolis and audioteka.pl released audio plays based on The Last Wish and Sword of Destiny. Sword of Destiny, lasting about 15 hours, was voiced by 49 actors, including Krzysztof Banaszyk as Geralt, Anna Dereszowska as Yennefer, Sławimir Pacek as Dandelion, Joanna Pach as Ciri, Wiktor Zborowski as Istredd and Krzysztof Gosztyła as narrator.

Full cast of audio play:

References

  1. "SuperNOWA - Andrzej Sapkowski".
  2. "Gollancz Acquire Three More Witcher Novels". Retrieved May 16, 2015.
  3. "Andrzej Sapkowski - Sword of Destiny - Orion Publishing Group". Gollancz. Retrieved May 16, 2015.

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