Literary Foundations

A deck by Rhea Sinclair · 7 cards

The original written works and narrative collections that established the series' lore.

Season of Storms

Season of Storms is the sixth novel and eighth overall book in the Witcher series written by Polish fantasy writer Andrzej Sapkowski, first published in Poland on 6 November 2013. It is not a sequel to the original Witcher Saga; rather, it is set between the short stories in the first book in the series, The Last Wish.

Time of Contempt

Time of Contempt is the second novel in the Witcher Saga written by Polish fantasy writer Andrzej Sapkowski. The novel was first published 1995 in Polish, and 2013 in English. It is a sequel to the first Witcher novel, Blood of Elves, and is followed by Baptism of Fire.

The Last Wish

The Last Wish is the first short story collection in Polish fantasy writer Andrzej Sapkowski's The Witcher series. Published by SuperNowa in 1993, it was preceded by 1992's Sword of Destiny, but is officially considered the first entry in the series and Sword of Destiny the second. The collection contains seven short stories interspersed with a continuing frame story: Geralt of Rivia, after having been injured in battle, rests in a temple. During that time he has flashbacks to recent events in his life, with each flashback forming a short story.

Blood of Elves

Blood of Elves is the first novel in The Witcher series written by the Polish fantasy writer Andrzej Sapkowski, first published in Poland in 1994. It is a sequel to the Witcher short stories collected in the books The Last Wish and Sword of Destiny and is followed by Time of Contempt. The book won the Janusz A. Zajdel Award in 1994 and the David Gemmell Legend Award in 2009. An English translation was published in the United Kingdom in 2008 (Gollancz) and in the United States in 2009 (Orbit).

Sword of Destiny

Sword of Destiny is the second published short story collection and fix-up novel in Polish fantasy writer Andrzej Sapkowski's The Witcher series. Although published in 1992, it is officially considered the second entry in the series, behind The Last Wish, which was published the following year. Sword of Destiny was first published in English in the UK by Gollancz in 2015.

The Tower of the Swallow

The Tower of the Swallow, published as The Tower of Swallows in the United States is the fourth novel in the Witcher Saga written by Polish fantasy writer Andrzej Sapkowski, first published in Poland in 1997. It is a sequel to the third Witcher novel Baptism of Fire and is followed by the final entry in the series, The Lady of the Lake.

Baptism of Fire (novel)

Baptism of Fire is the third novel in the Witcher Saga written by Polish fantasy writer Andrzej Sapkowski, first published in 1996 in Polish and in English in 2014. It is a sequel to the second Witcher novel Time of Contempt and is followed by The Tower of the Swallow.