Geralt de Rivia is a witcher. A cunning sorcerer. A merciless assassin. And a cold-blooded killer. His sole purpose: to destroy the monsters that plague the world. But not everything monstrous-looking is evil and not everything fair is good... and in every fairy tale there is a grain of truth. As guardian of the innocent Geralt the witcher from Rivia meets incestuous kings with undead daughters vengeful djinns shrieking harpies lovelorn vampires and despondent ghouls: many are pernicious some are wicked and none are quite as they appear...