The world has fallen into war. Ciri, the child of prophecy, has vanished. 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. But the net around her is closing. Geralt, the Witcher, has assembled a group of allies determined to rescue her. Both sides of the war have sent brutal mercenaries to hunt her down. Her crimes have made her famous. There is only one place left to run. The tower of the swallow is waiting.

To be fully honest here, in my opinion this book was the best book in this series so far but I still have 2 more books in this series to read so a lot can happen.

The plot here was very slow but at the same time very interesting. There isn’t a lot of adventure or sword fights in this book but it still finds a way to keep us as readers engaged in it and find it interesting.

The characters here are just wow. You can really see the character development and the character change which happened to all characters between this book and the previous book before this one. We also get to know what happened to Ciri between the actions of the previous books and this one. Which in my opinion only adds more to this book and the character itself.

However surprisingly we get every little of Yenefer. Which I personally find to enjoy because I am not a fan of her. But I came to like her in this book which a big surprise to me.

The plot in this book is really about family, friendship, love and loyalty which is a huge surprised when it comes to a Witcher book but at the same time also a very positive surprise. 

The writing style here somehow gets better than from the previous book. I don’t know how it happened but it did and I love to see Andrzej Sapkowski become better author and to see Witcher series becoming better.

The ending in this book is a really big cliff-hanger and the moment I finished this book I couldn’t stop myself from immediately start on the next book in this series to find out what happens next.

I Give This Book 5 / 5