“The Lesser Evil” describes Geralt’s adventure in Blaviken, where he comes across a wizard he knows from his past, Stregobor. As she is dying she kisses/ bites Nivellen, curing him of his curse and revealing her true love for him. He fights her but it is Nivellen that spears her through the chest. Geralt leaves but realizes that Vereena is responsible for the dead bodies and that she is not a rusalka but rather a bruxa, a type of vampire. He also reveals he is in love with Vereena, a creature he believes to be a rusalka. He tells Geralt he has given up on this quest as he has been with many women and seen no change. Nivellen tells him he had been trying to reverse his curse by paying merchants to spend time with their daughters, thinking about the myth of the frog being kissed by a pretty girl. He encounters the owner of the castle, Nivellen, a cursed prince that had been transformed into a monster. He enters a castle nearby, trying to figure out what was responsible. In “A Grain of Truth,” Geralt encounters two dead bodies in the woods. Geralt succeeds in reversing the spell after spending a night in the castle, however he is seriously wounded while fighting the monster. Foltest had ordered that she was not to be killed, believing his daughter could be brought back. Many had tried to defeat the striga but all were either killed or ran away.

The striga had been murdering and eating people for the past seven years every full moon. This striga is a result of a curse put on the daughter of King Foltest as she is the product of his relationship with his deceased sister. Geralt goes to the town Wyzim in order to get the 3000 oren reward for defeating a striga. In the first short story “The Witcher,” we are introduced to Geralt and see how he received the wound he is recovering from throughout the novel. Geralt refuses not wanting to know the future. Nenneke is eager for him to undergo a trance in order to understand the darkness that surrounds him. During his stay he argues with Nenneke about faith as well as his recovery. He recognizes her as a great healer and stays at the temple for a few days. He seeks out the help of his old friend, the priestess Nenneke.

It chronologically follows Geralt’s recovery after being attacked by a striga he was hunting. The novel is set in an alternative universe, where monsters plague humanity and where Geralt, a witcher, earns his living by killing these monsters.Įach section entitled “The Voice of Reason” is set in Melitele’s temple. Sapowski’s novel is divided into seven chapters, each beginning with a section entitled “The Voice of Reason” followed by a stand alone short story with its own title. The following version of this book was used to create the guide: Sapowski, Andrzej.

The last wish by andrzej sapkowski