The Time of Contempt

by Andrzej Sapkowski

Ciri’s training unfolds amid a fractured magical order

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Ciri’s training unfolds amid a fractured magical order

The second Witcher novel brings Geralt’s protection of Ciri into focus: he entrusts her training to the sorceress Yennefer, while discord within the Wizard’s Guild complicates the path ahead. Ciri’s prophetic significance gives her survival wider stakes, linking her personal development to the possibility of changing the world. The premise connects a guardian’s duty, a young ward’s training, and conflict among powerful practitioners of magic within the series’ epic-fantasy setting.

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Readers following Geralt, Ciri, and Yennefer’s stories in the Witcher novels.
Fantasy readers interested in prophecy, magical training, and tensions within a guild.

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Guardianship and protectionProphecy and powerTraining and developmentConflict within magical institutions

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Book overview

To protect his ward Ciri, Geralt of Rivia sends her to train with the sorceress Yennefer. But all is not well within the Wizard's Guild in the second novel of the Witcher, Andrzej Sapkowski's groundbreaking epic fantasy series that inspired the hit Netflix show and the blockbuster video games-- in hardcover for the first time!

★ 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: guardian of the innocent; protector of those in need; a defender in dark times against some of the most frightening creatures of myth and legend.

His task now is to protect Ciri. A child of prophecy, she will have the power to change the world for good or for ill--but only if she lives to use it.

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 David French

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