Blood of Elves

Andrzej Sapkowski

Jun 2015 · The Witcher Book 1 · Hachette Audio · Narrated by Peter Kenny

About this audiobook

The story of Geralt of Rivia continues as war rages on in this epic fantasy—now, the story of The Witcher continues in the saga that inspired the second season of the Netfix series.

For over a century, humans, dwarves, gnomes, and elves have lived together in relative peace. But times have changed, the uneasy peace is over, and now the races are fighting once again. The only good elf, it seems, is a dead elf.

Geralt of Rivia, the cunning hunter known as the Witcher, has been waiting for the birth of a prophesied child. This child has the power to change the world for good—or for evil.

As the threat of war hangs over the land and the child is hunted for her extraordinary powers, it will become Geralt's responsibility to protect them all. And the Witcher never accepts defeat.

Witcher story 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 Danusia Stok

Ratings and reviews

Overrated and boring. Written by a conceded author who fails to recognize his flaws. After 200 pages nothing has happened. Instead of showing the world and characters as legendary heros with grand backstories you are simply told just that. As the first book in the series it fails to create meaningful bonds because that is all told in preview/short story/world building novels. Those books should be considered first in the series not this, but don't tell the author that. He'll only call you dumb.

An enjoyable story and an enticing setting. The dialogue is carried by the reader very well and the book woulnt have been anywhere near palatable if this wasnt the case. It's a format of back and forth dialogue I haven't really seen published before, but it was understandable and surprisingly emotive. Recommend.

The way that Peter Kenny is pronouncing Dandelion's name kills me everytime. "dan-dill-eon"

About the author

Andrzej Sapkowski was born in 1948 in Poland. He studied economy and business, but the success of his fantasy cycle about the Witcher Geralt of Rivia turned him into a bestselling writer. His work has received Poland’s Janusz A. Zajdel prize five times, as well as Great Britain’s David Gemmell Award for Fantasy, in 2009. In 2016, he received the World Fantasy Award—Life Achievement. The Witcher has been adapted to a successful video-game franchise, and is now a series on Netflix.