TL;DR: The books are really good and can really enhance your understanding and appreciation of everything that's happening in the games. Click the links to buy/download them.
Intro:
So chances are that if you’re here, you’re a fan of the Witcher, but with the giant influx of popularity that occoured upon the release of the Witcher III: Wild Hunt, many new fans are unaware of the source material that inspired these fantastic games.
The Witcher video games are based on a renowned fantasy book series by the Polish author Andrzej Sapkowski. The Witcher Series is made up of 2 short story collections and 5 novels. The short story collections introduce many of our favorite characters and do a lot of world building, and the novels tell the story of Geralt and Ciri. These books take place several years before the beginning of the first game and provide a lot of background information on the characters and world.
Sorted in chronological order (the way you should read them) the books that make up the series are: The Last Wish (short story collection), Sword of Destiny (short story collection), Blood of Elves (beginning of novels), Time of Contempt, Baptism of Fire, The Swallow’s Tower, Lady of the Lake. The first five books have official English translations and the last two (The Swallow’s Tower and Lady of the Lake) have very good fan translations available. Official translations of both are expected sometime in the next two years.
Why Should I Read Them?
You'll finally understand all the references Geralt and other characters are constantly making to past events
They'll provide you with a lot of in depth background information on the world and characters
You'll actually understand who the hell everyone is
Random names of places like Kovir, Nilfgaard, Cintra, Kaedwen, etc. will actually mean something to you
You'll care about the characters and story significantly more
They're just damn good books
Where Can I Get Them?
Prices as of 10/28/15
The Last Wish:
Paperback Book (Amazon) $6.48
eBook (Amazon Kindle) $6.99
eBook (Google Play) $6.99
eBook (Apple iBooks) $6.99
Sword of Destiny:
Paperback Book (Amazon – Released Dec. 1) $10.26
eBook (Amazon Kindle) $6.99
eBook (Google Play) $9.99
eBook (Apple iBooks) $9.99
Blood of Elves:
Paperback Book (Amazon)Unavailable CurrentlyPaperback Book (Alt.) (Barnes & Noble) $8.00
eBook (Amazon Kindle) $6.99
eBook (Google Play) $6.99
eBook (Apple iBooks) $6.99
Time of Contempt:
Paperback Book (Amazon) $8.68
eBook (Amazon Kindle) $9.99
eBook (Google Play) $9.99
eBook (Apple iBooks) $9.99
Baptism of Fire:
Paperback Book (Amazon) $12.32
eBook (Amazon Kindle) $9.99
eBook (Google Play) $9.99
eBook (Apple iBooks) $9.99
The Swallow’s Tower:
Fan Translation (.ePub Format)
Fan Translation (.ePub Format) (Mirror)
Lady of the Lake:
Fan Translation (.ePub Format)
Fan Translation (.ePub Format) (Mirror)
A Note About The Fan Translations
These are my personal editions of the fan translations. I took the most recent and revised versions of the fan translations I could find and completely reformatted them using a retail version of the Time of Contempt eBook as a template. I made a few minor edits in regards to capitalization and using double quotation marks instead of single ones for speech. I put some serious work into making these look nice (probably 10+ hours total). They still contain some minor grammatical errors and typos here and there, but that is to be expected from a community project like this, and it doesn't detract from the overall reading experience too much. My versions of these books provide the best reading experience as far as I know.
Major Features:
Look Nice
Working Table of Contents
My Custom Covers that match with the style of the current English edition covers
Proper Metadata (title, author, etc.)
Extras (by me):
Alternate Covers for the eBooks (more simplistic and lore appropriate.)
Another alternate cover for Sword of Destiny matching the style of the American editions that makes more sense than the official cover
Original post for my edition of the fan translations
Hope this can help y'all to love the Witcher as much as I do! Enjoy!
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