When he awakes two days later, the princess has returned to her human self and seems to be recovering well, however, Velerad does ask why he bit her and gets no response.Īs we approach the ¼ mark in the novel, I was intrigued by the Voice of Reason sections in between chapters as these seem to contain parts of Geralt’s past. However, the striga is far stronger and faster than he expected but he does manage to make it until morning where the striga is beginning to change back into a girl but she is still part monster until Geralt bites her before fainting due to blood loss. Watching Geralt’s preparations for breaking the spell was interesting and he seems to be almost superhuman when he enhances his senses as he only needs to keep the girl outside of her tomb until sunrise then the spell will be broken. The King requests that Geralt tries to undo the spell without killing his daughter but he does say that if she turns out to be a hopeless case then he can kill her. Adda didn’t survive the birth of her daughter and the Witcher knows that for the child to become a striga a spell was cast upon her and he might be able to undo it. He meets with Velerad, the Castellan of Wyzim regarding a striga who turns out to be the bastard child between King Foltest and his sister, Adda.

The opening to The Last Wish was interesting as we are introduced to Geralt, a Witcher, we don’t just fully understand what a Witcher is but it seems to be a cross between an assassin and a wizard, meaning he has both amazing physical skills and magic. I have never read The Witcher books, watched the show or played the games but it seems like the kind of fantasy I will really enjoy and been as I own the first book I decided to give it a go. Title: The Last Wish (The Witcher Book 0.5) by Andrzej Sapkowski

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