The knight, like all knights, had been raised on stories of bards and tales of chivalry. His horse snorted, as though confirming it had also heard. He drank slowly and gingerly, the ice-cold water numbing his lips and tongue and stinging his teeth.Īs he stooped again, a sound, carried over the surface of the water, reached his ears. Scaring away fry, fish as tiny and lively as needles, he scooped up water in his cupped hands. He kneeled down, his chain mail rustling.
Leading his steed by the bridle, he neared the water's edge, where faint ripples were playing among colourful pebbles. The horse trod timidly across broken rocks, showing by a soft snorting that it also sensed the magical aura.Īfter descending to the very bottom of the valley, the knight dismounted. But instead of continuing to ride along the ridge he steered his horse towards the lake, as though lured by the magical power of the witchcraft slumbering down there, at the bottom, in the depths. A cold, bracing wind blew in from the lake and nothing disturbed the dignified silence, not even the splash of a fish or the cry of a water bird. It was as smooth as a looking glass, so smooth the peaks of the Y Wyddfa massif gazing into it seemed more stunning reflected than in reality. The lake was deep, a vivid, pure blue, just like polished sapphire. There was absolutely no doubt about it.įirstly, it lay right beside the mouth of the enchanted Cwm Pwcca valley, permanently veiled in mist and famed for witchcraft and magical phenomena. Translated from original Polish by David French Read Excerpt
Leo Bonhart, the man who chased, wounded, and tortured Ciri, is still on her trail. She knows she must escape to finally rejoin the Witcher and his companions-and also to conquer her worst nightmare. She is trapped.īut this is the child of prophecy, and she will not be defeated. Time does not seem to exist and there are no obvious borders or portals to cross back into her home world. Trapped in a world ruled by the Elves, separated from Geralt and her destiny, Ciri will need all her training as a fighter and sorceress to survive in the fifth novel of the Witcher, Andrzej Sapkowski’s groundbreaking epic fantasy series that inspired the hit Netflix show and the blockbuster video games.Īfter walking through the portal in the Tower of Swallows and narrowly escaping death, Ciri finds herself in a completely different world.
0 kommentar(er)
