#ArtOfTheDay: 'The Tower Of Swallows' by Rovina Cai

'The Tower Of Swallows' by Rovina Cai.

Cover art for 'The Witcher: The Tower of Swallows', book 6 in 'The Witcher' series, written by Andrzej Sapkowski, published in October 2022.

#CoolArt: New 'The Witcher' Hardcover Edition Cover Art

Orbit Books have revealed the final batch of cover art for new hardcover editions in Andrzej Sapkowski's 'The Witcher' series; 'The Lady Of The Lake' and 'Season Of Storms'.

'The Lady Of The Lake' and 'Season Of Storms' will be available in November 2022, and released in the UK by Gollancz in 2023.

Cover art by Melanie Delon

Cover art by Tyler Jacobson

#CoolArt: New 'The Witcher' Hardcover Edition Cover Art

Orbit Books have revealed cover art for new hardcover editions of 'Baptism Of Fire' and 'The Tower Of Swallows', books 3 and 4 in Andrzej Sapkowski's 'The Witcher' series.

'Baptism Of Fire' and 'The Tower Of Swallows' will be available in October 2022, and released in the UK by Gollancz in 2023.

Cover art by Scott M Fischer

Cover art by Rovina Cai

#CoolArt: New 'The Witcher' Hardcover Editions

Orbit Books have revealed cover art for new hardcover editions of Andrzej Sapkowski's 'The Witcher' series.

'Blood Of Elves' and 'The Time Of Contempt' will be available in September 2022; 'Baptism Of Fire' and 'The Tower Of Swallows' available in October 2022, and 'The Lady Of The Lake' and 'Season Of Storms' in November 2022.

The series will be released in the UK by Gollancz in 2023.

An illustrated edition of 'Sword Of Destiny' will also be released in December 2022.

Cover art by Richard Anderson

Cover art by Magali Villeneuve

Cover art by Martina Fačková

#ArtOfTheDay: 'Geralt Of Rivia' by Alejandro Colucci

'Geralt Of Rivia' by Alejandro Colucci.

Cover art for 'The Last Wish', book 1 of 'The Witcher' series written by Andrzej Sapkowski

Book Review: 'The Witcher: Season Of Storms' by Andrzej Sapkowski

Cover art by Alejandro Colucci

'The Witcher' series by Andrzej Sapkowski is one of my favourite fantasy series, and 'Season Of Storms' is a very welcome return to world of the Witcher.

The story is a standalone and is set before the main saga of Ciri and the Blood Of Elves, and has the Witcher, Geralt of Rivia, having his swords stolen and imprisoned on a trumped up charge. Once released, Geralt tries to track down his swords and the culprit who stole them. Along the way, the usual Witcher hijinks ensue; seducing beautiful sorceresses, slaying monsters, dealing with mad wizards and of course, saving his friend Dandelion at least once. Add in some of the intrigues of the court of the King, and some supernatural goings on, and it's good return of 'The Witcher'.

As always the world building in the medieval setting is very much in depth and always a joy to read, as is the writing, which is full of the humour, sarcasm and horror that I know and love from from the rest of the series.

It's a great and enjoyable read and a good addition if you're a fan of the series. But if you've not read any of the books yet, I'd recommend starting with the short story books first; 'The Last Wish' (my favourite of the series) and 'Sword of Destiny' as an introduction to the series, before diving into the rest of the books.

If you go for the audiobook option, it's once again read by the awesome Peter Kenny. His narration adds a whole lot more and really brings the story to life, and is absolutely recommended!

As the main story of The Witcher, Geralt of Rivia finished with the book 'Lady Of The Lake', as author Sapkowski has said (although the videogame 'The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt' is set after the books), I hope it's not the end of stories featuring Geralt, Dandelion, Yennefer, Triss Merigold and more, and we get to revisit more of their adventures in the future.

Available from Amazon, Waterstones, Audible Audiobooks and all good bookstores.

#ArtOfTheDay: 'Blood Of Elves' by Navar

Cover art by Navar for the Chinese edition of 'Blood Of Elves', book 3 of 'The Witcher' series written by Andrzej Sapkowski.

#CoolArt: 'The Witcher: The Tower Of Swallows' by Navar

Cover art by Navar for the Chinese edition of 'The Tower Of Swallows', book 6 of 'The Witcher' series by Andrzej Sapkowski.

#CoolArt: 'The Witcher' Series by Navar

'The Witcher' series by Navar, cover art for the Chinese editions of the novels by Andrzej Sapkowski.

Available as Gallery quality Giclée prints on natural white, matte, ultra smooth, 100% cotton rag, acid and lignin free archival paper using Epson K3 archival inks.

Go here to buy.

'The Last Wish'

Cool Art: 'The Witcher' by Alejandro Colucci

Unlettered cover art by Alejandro Colucci for the Spanish editions of 'The Witcher' series by Andrzej Sapkowski.

'The Last Wish' - Geralt Of Riva

#FantasyArtThursday: 'The Witcher' by Grafit Studio