Lady of the Lake
Destiny calls one last time as the Witcher faces his final trial.
The Lady of the Lake is the fifth novel in The Witcher series and the final one in the original Witcher Saga by Andrzej Sapkowski, first published in Poland in 1999. It is a sequel to The Tower of the Swallow. The Lady of the Lake of the title is Nimue, to whom the sorceress Condwiramurs is apprenticed, centuries after the main story, to study the legend of Geralt and Ciri.
Quick Facts
- Original title
- Pani Jeziora
- Author
- Andrzej Sapkowski
- Country
- Poland
- Language
- Polish
- Series
- The Witcher
- Genre
- Fantasy
- Published
- 1999 (superNOWA) (Polish); 2017 (Gollancz)
- Format
- Paperback
Lore & Background
Ciri, imprisoned in the world of the Aen Elle elves, escapes with the help of the unicorns and, after jumping between several worlds and times, is sent home by a portal conjured by Nimue and Condwiramurs. Geralt and his company winter in the duchy of Toussaint before storming Stygga Castle, where Geralt kills the sorcerer Vilgefortz and frees Yennefer, while Milva, Angoulême, Cahir and Regis are killed. Emperor Emhyr, whom Geralt recognizes as Ciri's father Duny, plans to make her Empress, but changes his mind and leaves.
Reader's Guide
Throughout the novel the decisive battle of Brenna between the allied Northern Kingdoms and Nilfgaard is narrated from various points of view; Nilfgaard is forced back across its original border and sues for peace. In Rivia a riot and pogrom erupts, and Geralt is impaled on a pitchfork while fighting to save his dwarven friends. Ciri and her friends put the bodies of Geralt and Yennefer on a boat that disappears into the fog, and at the end Ciri rides toward Camelot with Sir Galahad.
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