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The Last Wish by Andrzej Sapkowski Book Review

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 The Last Wish  (The Witcher #0.5) By Andrzej Sapkowski  Published Year: 1993 Page Count: 280 pages Medium Used: Paperback  Genre: Classics, Horror, Fantasy, High Fantasy, Epic Fantasy, Vampires, Sorcery and Magic, Dark Fantasy, Anthology, Short Stories, 2026-read. Rating : 5/5 😎 😎 😎 😎 😎  This book is a collection of stories about the encounters of the witcher - who is a sorcerer and magician that kills demons for money - with different, troubling, evil characters and demonstrates how he tackles them - in some cases, he reverses the spells that made them monsters, in some he kills them and in others, renders them impotent of their mischief. The writing is gorgeous. The world created is spectacular and dark in every way. It's like being transported to a different time and space. I wondered if the author even inhabits our dimension(earth) in his mind's eye! The names of people and places signal the breadth of his imagination  because they don't sound rea...