Blood of Elves
core novel 1994 The Witcher
Record
| Original title | Krew elfów |
|---|---|
| First published | 1994 |
| Original language |  PL |
| First English translation | 2008 |
| Translator | Danusia Stok |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 4.10 (255,224 ratings, collected 2026-08-06) |
| Page count | 398 |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780316029193 |
| First-edition publisher | superNOWA |
| First-edition country | PL |
Where it sits
- Universe: The Witcher
- Series: The Witcher core; position 3 of 9 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Andrzej Sapkowski
Awards (verified)
- David Gemmell Legend Award (Best Novel), 2009: won; Inaugural Gemmell Legend Award.
Notes
- Saga #1. UK Gollancz 2008 (US Orbit 2009). Won the inaugural David Gemmell Legend Award 2009.
- 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 3 of 9: previous The Last Wish (1993) · next Time of Contempt (1995)
Sources
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood_of_Elves
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Gemmell_Award_for_Fantasy
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