Baptism of Fire
core novel 1996 The Witcher
Record
| Original title | Chrzest ognia |
|---|---|
| First published | 1996 |
| Original language |  PL |
| First English translation | 2014 |
| Translator | David French |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 4.26 (153,157 ratings, collected 2026-09-13) |
| Page count | 400 |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780575090972 |
| First-edition publisher | superNOWA |
| First-edition country | PL |
Synopsis
Geralt searches for the missing Ciri amid a continent engulfed in war, assembling a band of companions along the way. With the kingdoms of the north locked in conflict against the Nilfgaardian empire and Ciri's whereabouts unknown after the chaos that scattered her from Geralt's side, he sets out across war-torn lands in search of her, gathering allies with their own reasons for joining his cause. The journey brings him into contact with soldiers, refugees and other travelers caught up in the fighting, as the search for Ciri becomes tangled with the wider upheaval reshaping the continent. First published in 1996, Baptism of Fire belongs to the The Witcher series.
Where it sits
- Universe: The Witcher
- Series: The Witcher core; position 5 of 9 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Andrzej Sapkowski
Notes
- Saga #3. Translator attribution via secondary sources.
- From the series record (The Witcher): Reading order: collections first (official superNOWA numbering), then the 5-novel saga, then standalones. Polish and English publication orders both differ from reading order.
Neighbouring works
Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings and are never conflated: a book's place in one says nothing about its place in the other.
- Publication order, within the series The Witcher: position 5 of 9: previous Time of Contempt (1995) · next The Tower of the Swallow (1997)
Sources
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