Krew elfów
Cover of the UK edition of Blood of Elves
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| Author | Andrzej Sapkowski |
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| Original title | Krew elfów |
| Country | Poland |
| Language | Polish |
| Series | The Witcher |
| Genre | Fantasy |
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| Media type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
| Pages | 320 |
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| Preceded by | Sword of Destiny |
| Followed by | Time of Contempt |
Blood of Elves (Polish: Krew elfów) is the first novel in the Witcher Saga written by Polish fantasy writer Andrzej Sapkowski, first published in Poland in 1994 (English translation was published in late 2008). It is a sequel to the Witcher short stories collected in the books The Last Wish (Ostatnie życzenie) and Sword of Destiny (Miecz przeznaczenia) and is followed by Time of Contempt (Czas pogardy). It was published in Czech Republic (Leonardo, 1995), Russia (AST, 1996), Spain (Bibliopolis, 2003), Lithuania (Eridanas, 2006), Germany (Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag, 2008) the United Kingdom (Gollancz, 2008) the United States (Orbit, 2009), Brazil (Martins Fontes, 2013) and most recently in China (Chongqing, 2016).
Krew elfów was the winner of the Polish Janusz A. Zajdel Award for Best Science Fiction or Fantasy Novel in 1994. In 2009 the book won the David Gemmell Legend Award in the United Kingdom.
About a year before the beginning of the story, The Empire of Nilfgaard attacks the Kingdom of Cintra. Queen Calanthe, lethally wounded, commits suicide and her granddaughter, Cirilla, called Ciri and nicknamed the "Lion Cub of Cintra" manages to flee from the burning capital city. Emhyr var Emreis, Emperor of Nilfgaard, sends his spies to find her. He knows that this young girl has great importance, not only because of her royal blood, but also because of her magical potential and elven blood in her veins.
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