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4.3/5 Goodreads Language Polish Media type Paperback Country Poland | 5/5 Barnes & Noble Original title Wieża Jaskółki Series The Witcher Originally published 1997 Genre Fantasy | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Preceded by Baptism of Fire, Sword of Destiny Followed by Lady of the Lake, Wiedźmin Similar Andrzej Sapkowski books, The Witcher books, Fantasy books | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Tower of Swallows, known as The Tower of the Swallow in the UK (Polish original title: Wieża Jaskółki) 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 (Chrzest ognia) and is followed by the final entry in the Saga, The Lady of the Lake (Pani Jeziora).
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Plot summary
Vysogota, an old philosopher living in the Pereplut swamp, finds an injured Ciri near his retreat and takes her in, caring for her until she is ready to continue her journey. She tells her life story to the old man: how all the Rats were killed by Leo Bonhart, all except for Ciri. As she readies herself to leave, she is convinced that both Geralt and Yennefer are dead. Based on this assumption, she leaves Vysogota to find Tor Zireael.
Meanwhile, Geralt with his company meet an elf named Avallac'h who tells him about a prophecy connected with Ciri. He needs to find some druids who will reportedly know where Ciri is. Yennefer is trying to find Vilgefortz's hiding place, but it is no easy task.
Translations
The novel has been published in Czech (Leonardo, 1998), Russian (AST, 1999), Spanish (Bibliopolis, 2006), Lithuanian (Eridanas, 2006), German (DTV, 2010), Bulgarian (InfoDar, 2010), French (Bragelonne, 2010), Serbian (Čarobna Knjiga, 2013) and Finnish (WSOY, 2015).
The English translation was released by Gollancz on 19 May 2016.