Who is the Polish author of Baptism of Fire, the third novel in the franchise of short stories and novels about Geralt of Rivia, the monster hunter?
707fab979124aa9eeda9b980c27c5637
Baptism of Fire (novel) Baptism of Fire (Polish original title: "Chrzest ognia") is the third novel in the Witcher Saga written by Polish fantasy writer Andrzej Sapkowski, first published 1996 in Polish, and 2014 in English. It is a sequel to the second Witcher novel "Time of Contempt" ("Czas pogardy") and is followed by "The Tower of Swallows" ("Wieża Jaskółki").
96456a5f2040da5386f61b2f4c58e622
The Witcher The Witcher (Polish: Wiedźmin , ), by Polish writer Andrzej Sapkowski, is a fantasy series of short stories and novels about the witcher Geralt of Rivia. In Sapkowski's books, "witchers" are monster hunters who (with training and body modification) develop supernatural abilities at a young age to battle deadly monsters. The books have been adapted into a film, a television series, video games, and a graphic novel series. The series of novels is known as the Witcher Saga. The short stories and novels have been translated into numerous languages, including English.
de8e2046e5fa810ddac05f3317a2c7ae
Adam Szostkiewicz Adam Szostkiewicz (] ; born 22 June 1952 in Częstochowa) is a Polish author, commentator on religion and politics, journalist and translator.
14c32701aa77bb44e3b6d3543181b612
The Terrors of Ice and Darkness The Terrors of Ice and Darkness (German: Die Schrecken des Eises und der Finsternis ) is a 1984 novel by the Austrian writer Christoph Ransmayr. It tells the stories of the 1872–74 Austro-Hungarian North Pole expedition, of a young Italian man who disappeared in 1981 while researching the expedition, and of the narrator, who tries to figure out what happened to the Italian.
03879b2180152d7be877160cf2c3e27e
Fire (Cashore novel) Fire is a fantasy novel by Kristin Cashore, a companion book to her debut novel, "Graceling". It tells the story of a young monster in the shape of a human who is hated because of her difference and supernatural abilities. The novel debuted at number four on "The New York Times" Best Seller list and won several awards.
367f45e931c5d4df31df05ed2fb5af3d
Leonard Wolf Leonard Wolf is a poet, author, teacher, and the father of Naomi Wolf. He is known for his authoritative annotated editions of classic gothic horror novels, including "Dracula", "Frankenstein", "The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde", and "The Phantom of the Opera", and critical works on the topic, as well as Yiddish translations of works ranging from those of Isaac Bashevis Singer to Winnie the Pooh.
77603b1356a03b46a673363633c1be8f
The Quest for Saint Camber The Quest for Saint Camber is a historical fantasy novel by American-born author Katherine Kurtz. It was first published by Del Rey Books in 1986. It was the ninth of Kurtz' Deryni novels to be published, and the third book in her third Deryni trilogy, The Histories of King Kelson. Just as the "Histories" trilogy is a direct sequel to the first Deryni trilogy, The Chronicles of the Deryni, the next Deryni trilogy to be published, The Heirs of Saint Camber, is a direct sequel to Kurtz' second Deryni trilogy, The Legends of Saint Camber. In 2000, Kurtz published her thirteenth Deryni novel, "King Kelson's Bride", which is a direct sequel to the events of "The Quest for Saint Camber".
3af82f5c42fb897b3d8cdf1b83f3a3b5
The Stone of the Witch Queen "The Stone of the Witch-Queen" is a fantasy short story by American writer L. Sprague de Camp, part of his Pusadian series. It was first published in the magazine "Weirdbook" for fall 1977. It has also been translated into Dutch and German. Chronologically, "The Stone of the Witch Queen" is the fifth of de Camp's Pusadian tales, and the third to feature his protagonist Gezun of Lorsk.
0bea8ed0a19a8f9199bf6004aa350c84
Fragment of a Novel "Fragment of a Novel" is an unfinished 1819 vampire horror story written by Lord Byron. The story, also known as "A Fragment" and "The Burial: A Fragment", was one of the first in English to feature a vampire theme. The main character was Augustus Darvell. John William Polidori based his novella "The Vampyre" (1819), originally attributed in print to Lord Byron, on the Byron fragment. The vampire in the Polidori story, Lord Ruthven, was modelled on Byron himself. The story was the result of the meeting that Byron had in 1816 with Percy Bysshe Shelley where a "ghost writing" contest was proposed. This contest was also what led to the creation of "Frankenstein" according to Percy Bysshe Shelley's 1818 Preface to the novel. The story is important in the development and evolution of the vampire story in English literature as one of the first to feature the modern vampire as able to function in society in disguise. The short story first appeared under the title "A Fragment" in the 1819 collection "Mazeppa: A Poem", published by John Murray in London.
a81fdcd6670bc6f0ffdd114ee5336d4c
Ewa Białołęcka Ewa Białołęcka (born 14 December 1967 in Elbląg) is a Polish fantasy writer. She currently lives in Gdańsk. Her literary debut was her short story "Wariatka", published in 1993. Since then she has written more than a dozen short stories, two of which, "Tkacz Iluzji" (1994) and "Błękit Maga" (1997) were awarded with the Janusz A. Zajdel Award, and another, "Nocny śpiewak", nominated to this award. She also published one short story collection - "Tkacz Iluzji" (1997) and two novels, "Kamień na szczycie" and "Piołun i miód", all of which are part of the "Kroniki Drugiego Kręgu" series. In 2005, she published "Naznaczeni błękitem", which is a new version of the "Tkacz Iluzji" short story collection, made more consistent with the other two novels. Białołęcka also creates stained glass works.
e50c732d381a516895c134c34e1a7352
Fire Sea Fire Sea is the third book in The Death Gate Cycle series written by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman. It was released in 1991.
726cf9dd8508dae4f37e066cd163d94e
Azja Azja (also Azja, son of Tuhaj-Bej) is a fictional character in the novel "Fire in the Steppe" by Henryk Sienkiewicz. He is an antagonist and the rival of Michał Wołodyjowski. He's a Tatar who wants to kidnap Barbara Jeziorkowska, settle some Crimean Tatars on the uninhabited regions of Ukraine to protect Poland's borders (like Zaporozhian Cossacks) and become a "Tatar hetman" in the service of the Polish Crown.
d0fb8439b9c0b3a064ce17b7cb493bd7
Michał Dymitr Krajewski Michał Dymitr Tadeusz Krajewski (8 September 1746 – 5 July 1817), sometimes also referred to as Dymitr M. Krajewski, was a Polish writer and educational activist of the times of the Enlightenment in Poland. His 1784 book "Podolanka" became the most debated and published Polish novel of that year, and his next book, "Wojciech Zdarzyński", is considered to be the first Polish science-fiction novel.
9f1da1f854d37df57fdab5233c6226fd
Michał Wołodyjowski Jerzy Michał Wołodyjowski (] ) is a fictional Polish hero in Henryk Sienkiewicz's Trilogy: "With Fire and Sword", "The Deluge" and "Pan Wołodyjowski".
1928bbf73abe9bb01c25836228b086eb
In the Forests of the Night In the Forests of the Night is a vampire novel written by Amelia Atwater-Rhodes, and published in 1999. Originally entitled White Wine, she wrote it at the age of thirteen. The book was published on May 11, 1999, about a month after she turned fifteen. It is the first novel in the Den of Shadows. It tells the story of a three-hundred-year-old vampire named Risika and her struggles throughout her life, both before and after she was transformed. The novel is told in first-person narrative by the protagonist, Risika. It was well received by critics.
c351c1c8012d79799a8e23bdca38b2bb
Jacek Komuda Jacek Lech Komuda (born 23 June 1972) is a Polish writer and historian. He specialized in the period of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and History of Poland (1569–1795), and is the author of several novels and short stories of fantasy/historical novel genre. He is a co-author of the Dzikie Pola role-playing game, and script writer for the Wiedźmin and Earth 2160 computer games. He is also an editor of computer game magazine GameStar (Polish edition), and used to contribute to Click! and Komputer Świat GRY magazines.
c556b1c2543d712a5e60974663f321e4
Ewn Garabandal Ewn Garabandal (born May 29, 1978) is a Lombard novelist, best known for his novel "Feha Gìbuss e il Libro della Profezia" (Feha Gìbuss and the Book of Prophecy), a fantasy book about angels and demons, originally published in hardcover in 2007 (Mursia, Milan).
f4b55c725b5789fcba48c1ff76b66871
The Icewind Dale Trilogy The Icewind Dale Trilogy is an epic fantasy trilogy of novels by American writer R.A. Salvatore. The trilogy contains three books: "The Crystal Shard", "Streams of Silver", and "The Halfling's Gem" and tells the tale of ranger Drizzt Do'Urden the drow (or dark elf), Wulfgar the barbarian warrior, Regis the halfling, dwarf king Bruenor, and Bruenor's adopted human daughter Catti-brie. It is the first of Salvatore's "Forgotten Realms" novels, describing the events that created some of the best-known characters in that world. The final book of this series, "The Halfling's Gem", appeared in the New York Times Best seller list.
9f160fa6292537cac1ba5fbf2b723c17
Mark David Gerson Mark David Gerson is the award-winning author and creator of "The Q'ntana Trilogy" of fantasy novels and films and nine other books.
7d8727c96d6909315fa7a7e2db6dc2cb
Once (Morris Gleitzman novel) Once is a 2005 children's novel by Australian author Morris Gleitzman. It is about a Jewish boy named Felix, who lived in Poland, and is on a quest to find his book-keeper parents after he sees Nazis burning the books from a Catholic orphanage library in which he stays. He finds a girl called Zelda in a burning house with her dead parents—he takes her with him and protects her from confronting her parents' death by telling her stories. Although "Once" is a work of fiction, Gleitzman was inspired by the story of Janusz Korczak, the events of World War II, and Hitler's attempt to exterminate the Jewish population of Europe.
dd9e5f1b1480a4472d4d72a5e08d0669
Sea of Swords Sea of Swords is the third and final book in R.A. Salvatore's book series, Paths of Darkness.
d14ebef495f9dee731a0ede79f22953e
Alexander Mazin Alexander Vladimirovich Mazin (Russian: Александр Владимирович Мазин ) is a Ukrainian-born Russian writer, poet, and songwriter, specializing in the genres of science fiction, fantasy, and alternate history.