Time of Contempt
core novel 1995 The Witcher
Record
| Original title | Czas pogardy |
|---|---|
| First published | 1995 |
| Original language |  PL |
| First English translation | 2013 |
| Translator | David French |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 4.16 (182,501 ratings, collected 2026-09-13) |
| Page count | 352 |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780575085084 |
| First-edition publisher | superNOWA |
| First-edition country | PL |
Synopsis
Continues the Witcher saga as war breaks out across the continent and Ciri, now training as a sorceress, becomes a target for multiple factions. Geralt, Yennefer and their allies attempt to keep Ciri hidden and safe as the political order among the northern kingdoms and the Nilfgaardian empire breaks down into open conflict. Sorcerers' councils and rival courts each pursue their own agenda regarding Ciri's prophesied importance, while Geralt is drawn into decisions about how far he is willing to go to protect her, setting the stage for a fractured continent from which none of the main characters can expect to emerge unaffected.
Where it sits
- Universe: The Witcher
- Series: The Witcher core; position 4 of 9 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Andrzej Sapkowski
Notes
- Saga #2.
- 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 4 of 9: previous Blood of Elves (1994) · next Baptism of Fire (1996)
Sources
← The Witcher dossier · All universes
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