Blood of Elves - Ebook written by Andrzej Sapkowski. Read this book using Google Play Books app on your PC, android, iOS devices. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read Blood of Elves. Blood of Elves by Andrzej Sapkowski is the third book in the Witcher saga and the first book in the main series. This book is very different in tone to the previous two books. While the first two books were comprised of short stories from the point of view of Geralt of Riva, this book follows several POV’s as they deal with the aftermath of. Editions for Blood of Elves: 031602919X (Mass Market Paperback published in 2009), (Kindle Edition published in 2009), (Paperback published in. As the threat of war hangs over the land and the child is hunted for her extraordinary powers, it will become Geralt's responsibility to protect them all - and the Witcher never accepts defeat. Blood of Elves is the first full-length Witcher novel, and the perfect follow up if you've read The Last Wish collection.
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The Witcher, a new Netflix fantasy saga the streaming service has positioned as the next Game of Thrones, has similar literary roots. The show is based on the fantasy book series of the same name—six novels and two story collections by Polish author Andrzej Sapkowski that develop a rich setting and unforgettable characters that have drawn in millions of readers the world over. The eight-episode first season debuted December 20 and stars Henry “Superman” Cavill as Geralt of Rivia, a monster-hunter, as he gets embroiled in political intrigue, doomed romances, and a lot of bloody battles.
Here’s a look at the trailer, which promises decent production values, a lot of action, and a lot of glaring:
But what if you are unfamiliar with the Witcher’s adventures and want to catch up before (or after) binging? Below, we offer a primer on the Witcher franchise and a suggestion for where to get started—and you’ll certainly want to, if only to prepare for season two, which is already in the works!
What’s it all about?
Geralt is a witcher (sometimes called a “hexer”, depending on the translation). Witchers are monster-hunters, specializing in tracking down and slaying (or banishing) a variety of creatures, monsters, and supernatural entities. Witchers start their training at a young age, from within the stronghold of Kaer Morhen. They are given a cocktail of drugs, potions, and powders that grant them an expanded lifespan and greater stamina, skill, and speed than the average human. However, the process irrevocably changes them, leaving them with strange and distinctive eyes. Witchers face prejudice for their unusual appearance and abilities, and often disparaged as “mutants.” Despite this, their services are in constant demand as the Continent is frequently troubled by monsters and the undead.
Geralt is famed as one of the most skilled and experienced witchers of his age. He also has a knack for finding himself in the wrong place at the wrong time, attracting the unkind attention of kings, generals, and sorcerers. Although witchers are supposed to be apolitical, Geralt often finds himself embroiled in political intrigue and military matters, especially as tensions rise between the independent Northern Kingdoms and the vast Nilfgaardian Empire to the south.
The books and the forthcoming adaptation also focus on characters other than Geralt. The other major characters of the saga include Yennefer, a powerful sorceress and ally of Geralt’s, and Ciri, a young princess whom Geralt takes as a ward. Geralt’s closest friend is the bard Jaskier (known as “Dandelion” in the video games; see below), who chronicles Geralt’s adventures (and gets embroiled in them himself).
The World
Geralt’s adventures take place in a world that seems like the stuff of standard fantasy, but that’s only true superficially. Yes, there are humans, elves, dwarves, and other familiar nonhuman races. But the world is harsher than many others: the elves have suffered grievous losses from the encroachment of humans into their lands and now many have banded together as guerrilla fighters, desperate to retain their freedom; sometimes, they overstep the mark are carry out acts of terrorism.
The books are suffused with European myth, history, and folklore. Several of the Witcher stories recall familiar fairy tales viewed in a different light: think Snow White as a ruthless killer. There are vampires and werewolves and dragons, and a mysterious spectral force known as the Wild Hunt. There are also other worlds and other times, and some people can visit them through sorcery.
The main setting—the Continent—is also the home to more mundane nations and kingdoms: Redania, Temeria, Cintra, Toussaint, and Nilfgaard are some of the more notable ones. Great cities such as Vizima and Novigrad play key roles in the story. From the towering peaks of the Blue Mountains, where the witcher stronghold of Kaer Morhen can be found, to the snowswept Skellige Isles, the witcher’s world is one of adventure, heroism, tragedy, beauty, and war.
The Franchise
The Witcher is unusual in that although it started as a series of books, it found true international fame through a video game adaptation by Polish developers CD Projekt Red.
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Since 2007, CDPR has released a trilogy of best-selling computer roleplaying games and two digital card games based on the franchise (which has also expanded to include a mobile game and a board game available). Although author Andrzej Sapkowski does not consider these games as part of the canon as established by the books, they do expand on the story and offer one version of what happens to Geralt and company after the end of the series.
The meat of the story is certainly found in the eight books in the saga, published by Sapkowski between 1991 and 2012 in Poland, and in English in the U.S. between 2007 and 2018. For now the story has concluded, but Sapkowski has hinted that it may continue…
The eight books that make up the Witcher Saga consist of:
- The Last Wish (1993/2007; a reprint of The Witcher, released in 1990, with new material)
- Sword of Destiny (1992/2015)
- Blood of Elves (1994/2008)
- Time of Contempt (1995/2013)
- Baptism of Fire (1996/2014)
- The Tower of Swallows (1997/2016)
- The Lady of the Lake (1999/2017)
- Season of Storms (2013/2018)
The Last Wish and Sword of Destiny are collections of linked stories. They introduce Geralt, his allies, and his enemies, and establish the political situation in the world, all through the medium of standalone adventures in which Geralt takes down monsters and allys (if inadvertently) with the rulers of powerful nations.
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The novels Blood of Elves through The Lady of the Lake form a continuous, five-volume saga in which Geralt and his friends have to deal with a foreign invasion and the strange powers growing within Ciri. Season of Storms, the most recent Witcher book, is a prequel taking place very early in the timeline of the saga.
The video games pick up a year or so after the events of The Lady of the Lake and offer one version of what happened to Geralt, Yennefer and Ciri after the events of the books. As Geralt starts the games suffering from amnesia, familiarity with the books isn’t required to play the games (although it definitely helps!).
Where to start
Though it isn’t, strictly speaking, a novel, The Last Wish is the perfect starting point for the saga, containing both the chronologically earliest stories from Geralt’s career, setting up important characters such as Yennefer, Ciri and Jaskier, as well as introducing the world and the major kingdoms—and hinting at things to come.
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Publication information | |
Krew elfów. SuperNOWA, 1995 | |
Author | Andrzej Sapkowski |
Danusia Stok, David A French | |
Type | Novel |
Gollancz, October 2008 (UK) Orbit, May 2009 (US) | |
ISBN | 978-0-575-08318-9 (UK) 978-0-316-02919-3 (US) |
Sword of Destiny | |
Followed by | Time of Contempt |
Blood of Elves is the first novel in the Witcher saga written by Andrzej Sapkowski. It is a sequel to the Witcher short stories collected in the books The Last Wish and Sword of Destiny and is continued by Time of Contempt. It was first translated into English in 2008. The cover art for the Gollancz edition from October 16, 2008, was created by the artist Stewart Larking ('Sonar Graphics'). Gollancz re-released the novel 2012 with a cover created by Alejandro Colucci. For the edition of Orbit/Hachette Book Group (US), 2009, the cover was designed and illustrated by Dorota Grześkiewicz. Orbit also released the novel with a new cover in May 2018, this cover already has a notice for the 'Netflix Original Series'. This version was translated by David A French.
Audible UK, in conjunction with Orion Books & Gollancz released Blood Of Elves on audio, February 27, 2014, only a few short weeks after it was announced. Blood Of Elves is read by Peter Kenny.
UK ISBNs are as follows: ISBN 0575084847, ISBN 978-0575084841
Plot summary[edit | edit source]
Spoiler warning:Significant plot details follow.
The Empire of Nilfgaard attacks the Kingdom of Cintra. Queen Calanthe commits suicide and her granddaughter, Cirilla, called Ciri and nicknamed the 'Lion Cub of Cintra' manages to flee from the burning capital city. Emhyr var Emreis, Imperator of Nilfgaard, sends his spies to find her. He knows that this young girl has great importance, not only because of her royal blood, but also because of her magical potential and elven blood in her veins.
The girl is being protected by Geralt of Rivia, a witcher - a magically and genetically mutated monster slayer for hire, who takes her to the witchers' keep - Kaer Morhen. There Ciri is being taught by other witchers, including old Vesemir, Coën, Eskel and Lambert. She learns about monsters and how to fight them. She is taught to fight with a sword in the witcher style. But during her 'education', the sorceress Triss Merigold comes to Kaer Morhen. She is called by Geralt to help with occasional strange and abnormal behavior he has seen in Ciri. Triss realises that Ciri is a Source. She acknowledges that she does not have the power to control Ciri's talent, and advises Geralt to swallow his pride and seek help with Yennefer, a more experienced sorceress and his former lover.
At the same time, a mysterious wizard called Rience is looking for the girl. He is a servant of a more powerful mage, who remains unknown. He captures Geralt's friend, Dandelion the bard, and tortures him for information about Ciri. Dandelion is saved by the timely arrival of Yennefer, who engages in a short magic combat with Rience. Rience manages to escape through a portal opened by his master, but left with a prominent facial scar from Yennefer's spell.
In the spring, Geralt leaves Kaer Morhen with Triss and Ciri, intending to deliver Ciri to the Temple School in Ellander where she would receive a 'normal' education from Nenneke. On the way, Triss falls ill, and they join Yarpen Zigrin's dwarven company who is guarding a caravan for King Henselt. Geralt tells Ciri about the roses of Aelirenn, an elf who died leading the elven youths to fight the humans. The caravan is attacked by the Scoia'tael, and it is revealed that the escort mission was a trap set by the kings who doubted Yarpen's loyalty.
Ciri's stay in Ellander is still haunted by disturbing dreams until the arrival of Yennefer, who starts educating her in the ways of magic. From an initial antagonism, their relationship develops into a strong and deep bond, like that of a mother and daughter.
Meanwhile, Geralt does his best to track Rience and his mysterious employer. With the help of Dandelion and Shani, he forces a confrontation with Rience, during which both are injured. Rience's master intervenes again, opening a portal for him, and Geralt is prevented from pursuing the mage by Filippa Eilhart, who also kills the last surviving of the Michelet brothers so as not to provide Geralt any source of information which might eventually reveal the mysterious mage. Leaving Geralt gravely wounded.
Yennefer became Ciri's mentor and teacher. As they are about to leave the Temple School in Ellander, Yennefer asks Ciri whether she didn't like her at first, leading to a series of flashbacks detailing Ciri's studies with Yennfer from the day they were introduced and back to the present as they are about to leave the Temple. And Ciri responds by admitting the she didn't like her, afterwards they leave.
Characters[edit | edit source]
- the Michelet brothers
- Vera Loewenhaupt(introduced)
- the Michelet brothers
- Vera Loewenhaupt(introduced)
Translations[edit | edit source]
- Czech: Zaklínač III. Krev elfů, (Leonardo, Ostrava 1995)
- Russian: Кровь эльфов, translated by Yevgeny Vaysbrot (АСТ, 2000)
- Lithuanian: Elfų Kraujas, (Eridanas, 2006)
- French: Le Sang des Elfes, translated by Lydia Waleryszak (Bragelonne, 2008)
- Spanish: La Sangre de los Elfos, (Alamut, 2008)
- English: Blood of Elves, translated by Danusia Stok (UK – Gollancz, 2008, US – Orbit, 2009)
- Bulgarian: Вещерът: Кръвта на елфите, translated by Vasil Velchev (ИнфоДар, 2009)
- German: Das Erbe der Elfen, translated by Erik Simon (dtv, 2009)
- Italian: Il Sangue degli Elfi, (Nord, 2010)
- Finnish: Haltiain verta, translated by Tapani Kärkkäinen (WSOY, 2011)
- Swedish: Ödets svärd, (Coltso, 2011)
- Dutch: Het bloed van de elfen, (Luitingh-Sijthoff B.V., 2014)
- Serbian: Krv vilenjaka - Saga o vešcu 3, translated by Milica Markić (Čarobna knjiga, 2012)
- Hungarian: Tündevér, (PlayOn, 2013)
- Brazilian Portuguese: O Sangue dos Elfos, translated by Tomasz Barcinsky (WMF Martins Fontes, 2013)
- Japanese: ウィッチャーI エルフの血脈, translated by Reiko Kawano (川野靖子) and Haruki Amanuma (天沼春樹) (Hayakawa Publishing) (2017/8/24) and エルフの血脈 (魔法剣士ゲラルト), translated by Reiko Kawano (川野靖子) and Haruki Amanuma (天沼春樹), with art by Airi Yoshioka (吉岡愛理), (Hayakawa Publishing) (2010/5/30)
Notes[edit | edit source]
- The UK edition cover features J.R.R. Tolkien's tengwar alphabet, even though Sapkowski's elves use runes not in any way similar to the tengwar.
- Blood of Elves came out on April 22 in North America.
Quotes on this wiki[edit | edit source]
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- UK edition quotes in this wiki are taken from this edition: ISBN 978-0-575-08318-9
- US edition quotes in this wiki are taken from this edition: ISBN 978-0-316-02919-3
Gallery[edit | edit source]
- Polish cover (1st edition)
- Polish cover (2nd edition)
- Cover of the 'Wiedźmin' collector's edition (6 vol., 2007)
- Cover of Polish collector's edition (2007)
- Fourth softcover edition, designed along with CD Projekt
- UK edition (Early version) Bearshare that safe to download.
- UK edition
- US edition
- Bulgarian edition
- Old Czech edition
- Czech edition
- Second Czech edition
- Finnish edition
- French edition
- French edition (2012)
- German (Special edition)
- Hungarian edition
- Italian edition
- Russian edition
- Watch hunter x hunter english dub episode 138. Serbian edition (2012)
- Spanish edition
- Brazilian edition (2013)
- Polish edition cover (Oct 2014)
- Cover of the 'Wiedźmin' premium box (8 vol., Dec 2014)
- Cover of the Polish premium edition (Dec 2014)
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