The Witcher returns in this action-packed sequel to Baptism of Fire, in the New York Times bestselling series that inspired The Witcher video games. Look out for Season of Storms in April 2018The world has fallen into war. Ciri, the child of prophecy, has vanished. Hunted by friends and foes alike, she has taken on the guise of a petty bandit and lives free for the first time in her life. But … bandit and lives free for the first time in her life.
But the net around her is closing. Geralt, the Witcher, has assembled a group of allies determined to rescue her. Both sides of the war have sent brutal mercenaries to hunt her down. Her crimes have made her famous.
There is only one place left to run. The tower of the swallow is waiting…
Witcher novelsBlood of Elves
The Time of Contempt
Baptism of Fire The Tower of SwallowsLady of the Lake
Witcher collectionsThe Last WishSword of Destiny
The Malady and Other Stories: An Andrzej Sapkowski Sampler (e-only)
Translated from original Polish by David Frenchmore
Another series I am in love with, not your typical YA fare, definitely for the adult fantasy diehard. Beautifully written and translated the author creates a masterful world that fully immerses you. Not real magic heavy though magic plays a central role in the plot. Last book will be translated in March and my brother already preordered anxiously awaiting.
Ciri has taken up a life of banditry, earning a name for herself and her gang. But being notorious criminals comes with a price. Ciri’s carefree life comes to a violent end as she is captured and forced to fight for her life. Meanwhile, Geralt still searches for Ciri, plagued by nightmares and guilt. He journeys to find the Druids, believing they will lead him to Ciri. But along the way, he will find there is a price on his head and those that seek to collect the reward will carve a bloody path to receive their coin.
Now that all the political maneuvering has taken place in Baptism of Fire, we’re finally able to focus on the characters once more. Immediately you are thrown into Ciri’s storyline and all she has been through since the events of the previous book. The Tower of Swallows will show you some of the darkest parts of Ciri’s journey, and her ultimate breaking point. But from that low dark place, she will rise to take up the sword and carve out the path to her destiny.
Now there were parts of this book I found hard to read, and not due to politics this time. Some of the ideologies and focus on sexualization turned my stomach. At the same time, I recognize that these elements were used to show the darker sides of history and certain characters, but I still felt it was unnecessary.
The storytelling itself was a bit disjointed, but I did like the idea of viewing Ciri’s story from a mix of primary and secondary characters. Listening to it on audiobook was a bit hard. There is no clear distinction between the alternating viewpoints until suddenly you find another character making comments on the situation. But I have a feeling that was done on purpose and I would have felt the same reading the physical book.
The Tower of Swallows returned The Witcher series back to its roots of action and adventure. Despite its downfalls, I enjoyed once again seeing the characters struggle towards their goals and the comedic relief of Dandelion. I hope the final book, Lady of the Lake, does this series justice.
Love this series! I can’t get enough of this world! I don’t know if I will be able to let go of these characters once I’m finished reading this series.
I was lucky enough to have gotten this Audio book from the library. Fantastic book plenty of action and suspense that will keep you on the edge of your seat.
Great installment with tragic moments and hilarious parts. We are asked to pit Yenn and Geralt against each other and that is a difficult emotion for me since I love them together so much. Ciri is NOT in Nilfgaardia. I am excited to see where this goes. I adore our little witchergirl.
This was probably my least favorite of the series so far. There are too many overlapping and confusing plotlines (and I like reading multiple POV books) that drag the story down. There are strange flashbacks and flashforwards, and I was never quite sure who was telling a particular bit of history at the moment. This is also basically the other half of the third book. I was hoping to move past this particular quest before now, but I guess it will occupy the whole series.
The tower of swallow is the fourth book in the serie, (or the six one if you count the prequel, short story books you can read before book one) and pick up right after the last book left us.
The story begin with Vysogota an hermit who have save who he think is a young boy but instead its a gravely injured Ciri. It will takes days of his care for her to recover. She want to leave immediatly since people are after her and doesn’t want to put him in danger but he insist that she stay there in this remote place not really a chance that her pursuers can find her there and she still need to heal.
He then explain to him why he live alone and then she start telling her story of how she got injured.
Geralt have assemble a group and his looking to locate and save her.
I really like this book.