Amazon.com description: Product Description: The Witcher returns in this action-packed sequel to The Last Wish, in the series that inspired The Witcher video games. In this collection of short stories, join Geralt as he battles monsters, demons, and prejudices alike. Geralt is a witcher, a man whose magic powers, enhanced by long training and a mysterious elixir, have made him a brilliant fighter and a merciless assassin. Yet he is no ordinary murderer: his targets are the multifarious monsters and vile fiends that ravage the land and attack the innocent. He roams the country seeking assignments, but gradually comes to realize that while some of his quarry are unremittingly vile, vicious grotesques, others are the victims of sin, evil, or simple naivety.