First published 2007
Geralt of Rivia stalks the borderlands between civilization and wilderness, a professional monster slayer with white hair and steel swords. When a routine contract twists into something far more dangerous, he finds himself entangled in political intrigues that threaten to consume entire kingdoms. Supernatural forces and human treachery converge around him, testing the limits of his professional neutrality. Monsters—both human and inhuman—hunt him as carefully as he hunts them. With magic, violence, and complex moral choices as his only tools, Geralt must navigate a brutal landscape where survival means making impossible decisions.
Genres: adventure, fantasy, dark-fantasy, epic-fantasy
Vibes: atmospheric, emotional, suspenseful
Tropes: anti-hero, found-family, moral-ambiguity
Setting: Kaer Morhen
384 pages · Hardcover · Gollancz
Content warnings: gore, violence