Translator David French Language Polish Genre Fantasy Originally published 1992 Page count 384 | Country Poland Series The Witcher Media type Paperback Original title Miecz przeznaczenia | |
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Preceded by The Last Wish, Blood of Elves, Season of Storms Followed by Blood of Elves, Season of Storms, The Swallow's Tower Similar Blood of Elves, The Last Wish, Wiedźmin, Baptism of Fire, The Swallow's Tower | ||
Sword of Destiny (Polish original title: Miecz przeznaczenia), is the second (in its fictional chronology; first in Polish print) 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. The English edition was published by Gollancz on 21 May, 2015.
Contents
Witcher books detailed summary book 2 sword of destiny
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, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, Romanian and French. The English translation was released by Gollancz on May 21, 2015 (translated by David French).
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: