The Wizards Guild has been shattered by a coup and, in the uproar, Geralt was seriously injured.
This is the third of the Witcher novels by Andrzej Sapkowski..
Injured or not, Geralt has a rescue mission on his hands.
It\'s an impossible situation in which to find one girl - Ciri, the heiress to the throne of Cintra, has vanished - until a rumour places her in the Niflgaard court, preparing to marry the Emperor.
While war rages across all of the lands, the future of magic is under threat and those sorcerers who survive are determined to protect it.
But now that dark times have fallen upon the world, Geralt is helpless until he has recovered from his injuries.
The Witcher is supposed to be a guardian of the innocent, a protector of those in need, a defender against powerful and dangerous monsters that prey on men in dark times.
The Wizards Guild has been shattered by a coup and, in the uproar, Geralt was seriously injured
