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Sword of Destiny

By: Andrzej Sapkowski, David French - Translator
Narrated by: Peter Kenny
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Publisher's summary

Geralt the Witcher battles monsters, demons and prejudices alike in Sword of Destiny, the second collection of adventures in Andrzej Sapkowski’s groundbreaking epic fantasy series that inspired the Netflix show and the hit video games.

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 targets are the multifarious monsters and vile fiends that ravage the land and attack the innocent.

Sword of Destiny is the follow up to The Last Wish, and together they are the perfect introduction to a one of a kind fantasy world.

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

Hussite Trilogy:

  • The Tower of Fools
  • Warriors of God

Translated from original Polish by David French.

©2015 Andrzej Sapkowski (P)2015 Hachette Audio

Featured Article: Geralt—A Witcher Character Guide


The Witcher Saga and the hit Netflix series it inspired wouldn’t exist without the Witcher himself, Geralt of Rivia. He is the protagonist of both the Witcher book series and the show. Geralt is a witcher, a monster hunter for hire who has been gradually enhanced through mutations that give him extraordinary, magical abilities. His mother, a sorceress, entrusted his upbringing to a community of witchers. Get to know this monster hunter and hero a bit better with our handy character guide.

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Great story, but...

Weak actor, he should dedicated his talent to romantic novels, but not an action story like the Witcher, very mellow way to narrate. Also Dandelion sounds so weak and feminine, and everyone now he is also a great fight companion.

I’m very disappointed with his performance.

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Captivating

It is an amazing set of tales. The narrator does an excellent job. If only the was more time in a day.

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Less of a series of vignettes, more linear

Getting closer to a novel, and connecting many more threads. Voice work is stellar and the story engaging.


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love this series!!

A beautiful story that I wish would never end. it is truly an amazing story.

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Great series

I’ve listened to the first two books and love it. It can be hard to understand at time because it does jump around from past to present at time and if you’re not paying attention you may get lost or it may be irritating. Just listen to the damn series.

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Great Story, GREAT Narration

I really enjoyed these "short stories” about Geralt’s adventures many of which inspired episodes of the Netflix series season 1.

The narration is as good as any I have ever heard. I could immediately tell who was speaking and the acting Peter Kenny can do with his voice seriously raised my enjoyment of this book. This is what it sounds like in my head when I am reading. Narrator of the year.

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Fantastic!

These stories are amazing. the Narrator does an incredible job as well. Probably the best I've listened to.

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Emotional Rollercoaster 🎢

Very good! Less action than the last one, with lots more emotion. It definitely fleshes out the story, though at times it can be a bit confusing as it seems to jump around the overall timeline.

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Toss a Coin to your Narrator

Brilliant performances of each character, it was easy to tell who was who and it made listening a pleasure.

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Loved this refreshing new take on fantasy genre

Fun new lore filled world. Deeply rich and well written prose. Well done on the translation and most of all on the content!!!!

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