Blood of Elves

The Witcher, Book 1

By: Andrzej Sapkowski, Danusia Stok - translator

Narrated by: Peter Kenny

The Witcher, Geralt of Rivia, holds the fate of the world in his hands in the New York Times bestselling first novel in the Witcher series that inspired the Netflix show and video games.
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For more than a hundred years, humans, dwarves, gnomes and elves lived together in relative peace. But times have changed, the uneasy peace is over and now the races are fighting once again - killing their own kind and each other.

Into this tumultuous time is born a child of prophecy, Ciri, surviving heiress of a bloody revolution, whose strange abilities can change the world - for good, or for evil...

As the threat of war hangs over the land, Geralt the Witcher must protect Ciri from those who are hunting the child for her destructive power.

But this time, Geralt may have met his match.

Translated by Danusia Stok.©1994 Andrzej Sapkowski

good entry in a wonderful series

The first 2 books in the witcher series (pre-trilogy) are so good, that it's really hard to live up to their standards.
This book - the first in the trilogy - is a necessary step forward in the story. It's not as awe-inspiring as its predecessors, but still a great listen. The narration. as always, is SUPERB.
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I did not even notice the time flying

The Witcher world is very detailed and the the writer usually gave the right ammount of description just about anything. Not too much, not too little.
The story was interesting, albeit it ended very abruptly.
The voice acting is great and different from character to character.

Narrator speaks too fast

Good story but I had to reduce the speed of the narration ( speaking rate) from standard speed to slightly slower. Either it’s set wrong to begin with or the narrator speaks way way too fast to enjoy listening to the story.

Amazing start to an amazing journey!

After reading the whole saga of the Witcher, I smiled in nostalgia after listening to the first entery of the main books read to me in a refreshing fashion! The Witcher world felt like new and I thoroughly enjoyed Peter's narration!

A great beginning for the upcoming long journey

got introduced to the book through the famous Witcher game. I am not disappointed at all. Great style of storytelling and excellent narrator.