The Last Wish

Introducing the Witcher

By: Andrzej Sapkowski, Danusia Stok - translator

Narrated by: Peter Kenny

Geralt the Witcher—revered and hated—holds the line against the monsters plaguing humanity in this collection of adventures, the first chapter in Andrzej Sapkowski’s groundbreaking epic fantasy series that inspired the hit Netflix show and the blockbuster video games.

★ The New York Times bestselling series
★ Over Fifteen Million Copies Sold Worldwide
★ World Fantasy Award Winning Author
★ David Gemmell Legend Award Winning Author
★ Named One of the Greatest Book Series of All Time by Forbes

Geralt is a Witcher, a man whose magic powers, enhanced by long training and a mysterious elixir, have made him a brilliant fighter and a merciless hunter. Yet he is no ordinary killer. His sole purpose: to destroy the monsters that plague the world.

But not everything monstrous-looking is evil and not everything fair is good . . . and in every fairy tale there is a grain of truth.

Witcher collections
The Last Wish
Sword of Destiny

Witcher novels
Blood of Elves
The Time of Contempt
Baptism of Fire
The Tower of Swallows
Lady of the Lake
Season of Storms
Crossroads of Ravens

Hussite Trilogy
The Tower of Fools
Warriors of God

Translated from original Polish by Danusia Stok

Critic reviews

"This is a series you can sink your teeth into."—BuzzFeed News

"Delightful, intense, irreverent, and compelling....you have to read The Witcher books because they are rife with all of the elements that make you love fiction, and especially fantasy, in the first place....In a word, The Witcher delivers."—Hypable

Well told story

I read this in anticipation of the release of Witcher 3, and was not disappointed. Really enjoyed the way the tale was spun. I had trouble with the rapid phrasing of the narrator, but resolved this by slowing playback speed by half. Ymmv

I was expecting more

I listened to this in anticipation of the witcher netflix show and i have mixed feeling toward the book. On one hand i enjoyed the short story format because during one reading session for me, 1 main chapter, i get a pretty good story. However the problem with it being short stories is you dont get a strong connection to the characters (except Garalt, and Dandillion in the later chapters). Some of the chapters are confusing because of this-random characters thrown into the mix.

I also want to mention this was not a great performance narration wise. I do enjoy the narrators voice for Garalt and select others, but others were really hard to understand, and volume is all over the place about 2/3rds into the audio book. One moment he is whispering, the next - your speaker is blasting.

If i gave it a letter grade id give it a c+.

As a Brandon Sanderson fan i wanted to explore something different, i was just expecting a little more. I do think i have enough curiosity to eventually read the first actual ‘novel’.

Wasn't expecting that

I've heard this book is the basis for a video game and an upcoming Netflix series. Since im not interested in either, I didn't know what to exoect, but I also heard this guy is "the next Tolkien" and I was like...okay bitch...way to throw a gauntlet.

Both the story and the narrator surpassed my expectations. It's not a jointed narrative, more like a collection of short stories, but while I normally don't go for that thing, this was incredible. Insightful, philosophical, sexy, heroic....I'm kind of left reeling. The narrator was superb. Accents (including a goat-demon) were A+

If you're even slightly interested in fantasy, don't hesitate. Just put it in your cart.

Fun but repeatative

It was nice to listen to and the stories are okay but they are a little boring and uninspired

Great performance

Having wanted to listen to this for years, I, like so many, figured now would be the right time. Especially with the two for one sale. It was good. Of course they are short stories pieced together by a loose framing but still entertaining enough. Three of the short stories (at least) are featured in season one of the Netflix show. So that was a cool surprise for me.