The newest entry in The Witcher books lastly has an English launch date, and it will comply with Geralt on his first ever mission.
Geralt’s story would possibly technically be over in each the video games and the unique Witcher books, however final yr creator Andrzej Sapkowski lastly launched a brand new novel final yr appearing as a prequel to all of his earlier works. The one downside for us English-speakers is that to this point it is solely been out there in Sapkowski’s native Polish, however some excellent news got here in yesterday: it is getting an English launch, alongside many different languages, later this yr on September 30. This comes from a press launch from Hachette, who shared that the e book shall be out there in print and digital codecs from that date, throughout all 21 worldwide publishers.
The prequel, formally titled Crossroads of Ravens in English, is described as a “good entry level for brand new readers,” and follows “an eighteen-year-old Geralt of Rivia.” The discharge goes on to elucidate, “On his first mission from the Witcher stronghold of Kaer Morhen, Geralt will uncover monsters, traitors, some new pals and a few acquainted faces, and simply how deeply feared and despised Witchers will be.”
Crossroad of Ravens is definitely the primary new entry within the collection since 2013 with that yr’s Season of Storms, so it has been a very long time coming. Not solely that, however Season of Storms took 5 years to be translated, so Crossroad of Ravens getting so many translations in lower than a yr is nice information for followers of the collection.
On prime of that, it’s going to seemingly be a good way to spend a while forward of The Witcher 4 releasing, which is in… effectively, nobody is aware of but, as a result of CD Projekt Purple solely began manufacturing on it final November. It did swiftly comply with that up with a correct reveal trailer, however you’ll be able to assure it is nonetheless a number of years out, so that you higher get studying!
