These dates divide the circle into eight parts–and so in the elven calendar the year is also divided up like that. There are also the two Equinoxes–Birke, in spring, and Velen, in autumn. Also marked on the wheel are the two Solstices, the winter one called Midinvaerne and Midaëte, for the summer. These points, lying on the rim in pairs directly opposite each other, include Imbolc, or Budding Lughnasadh, or Mellowing Beltane, or Blooming and Samhain, or Dying. A wheel on whose rim eight magical points are etched, making a complete turn the annual cycle. Translated from original Polish by David French Read ExcerptĪs is generally known, the Universe–like life–describes a wheel. Both sides of the war have sent brutal mercenaries to hunt her down. Geralt, the Witcher, has assembled a group of allies including Dandelion, Milva, Regis, and Cahir, to rescue her. Hunted by friends and foes alike, she has taken on the guise of a petty bandit and lives free for the first time in her life.īut the net around her is closing. Ciri, the child of prophecy, has vanished. The Witcher, Geralt of Rivia, races to find her in the fourth novel of Andrzej Sapkowski’s groundbreaking epic fantasy series that inspired the hit Netflix show and the blockbuster video games. The world is at war and the prophesied savior is nowhere to be found.

Tower of the swallow witcher