

I’ve heard it said it's high time someone started hunting witchers, as there are fewer and fewer monsters and more and more witchers. They're turned into monsters in order to kill other monsters. They're taught to kill, and all human feelings and reactions are trained out of them. The ones who survive become witchers themselves, sorcerers with inhuman powers. “And what are you in the habit of doing? I’ve heard about witchers-they abduct tiny children whom they feed with magic herbs. It'll be interesting to see how you manage the next one.

“One has to admit you can answer questions without using many words. “Yeeees,” said Nivellen slowly, digging at the corner of his jaws with his claw. He was watching the monster with a smile. Geralt, steadying the carafe's pewter stopper with his thumb, poured himself some wine, took a sip and leaned back into his chair. The Orbit name and logo is a trademark of Little, Brown Book Group Ltd. Visit our Web site at Orbit is an imprint of Hachette Book Group, Inc. Copyright Act of 1976, no part of this publication may be reproduced, distributed, or transmitted in any form or by any means, or stored in a data base or retrieval system, without the prior written permission of the publisher. Original text copyright © 1993 by Andrzej SapkowskiĮnglish translation copyright © 2007 by Danusia StokĮxcerpt from Ores copyright © 1999 by Stan NichollsĪll rights reserved. Any resemblance to actual events, locales, or persons, living or dead, is coincidental. Names, characters, places, and incidents are the product of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously.
