A miracle saved Ciri from death when a gang of Rats, who had become her loyal friends, died before her eyes. Her destiny took her to the swampy wilds of the hermit and outcast of Vysogota, where the wisdom of the Old Crow helped Ciri the Swallow to get back on her wings. Now she is on her way, and has regained her magical power. She will not lose anyone else and will find the mystical Tower of the Swallow, the way to salvation from a world doomed to perish in wars, betrayal and dishonour. It is so fated, but the witch does not believe in prophecy. Having lost the magic amulet, he became just Geralt of Rivia. He rushes to save Ciri, his adopted daughter, who is hunted by the emperor, kings and wizards, grasping in the last convulsions, like fragile ice, for a chance to escape at the cost of the Elder Blood.

Andrzej Sapkowski's magic lies in his ability to create an imaginary world with lyricism and sarcasm, each of its inhabitants, each place and each event so much remind us of the real, modern world that it is impossible to tear yourself away from the books. That is why the heroic saga of the witch is the fourth most widely read in Poland, has been awarded the Janusz Seidel Prize, SFinks Prize, and in 2010 Andrzej Sapkowski received the Grand Master Award of the European Science Fiction Community EuroCon.