Season of Storms

***Season of Storms*** (Polish: *Sezon burz*) is the sixth *Witcher* novel and eighth overall book in the series written by Andrzej Sapkowski. It is not a follow-up to the spin-off of the Witcher series proper, but instead a midquel, set before "The Witcher" short story but after most of the other stories in *The Last Wish*.

The book was published in English on 22 May 2018 and translated by David French. It's available in hardcover, paperback, and digital format.

## Summary

*Geralt of Rivia is a Witcher, one of the few capable of hunting the monsters that prey on humanity. A mutant who is tasked with killing unnatural beings. He uses magical signs, potions, and the pride of every Witcher - two swords, steel and silver.*
*But a contract has gone wrong, and Geralt finds himself without his signature weapons. Now he needs them back, because sorcerers are scheming, and across the world clouds are gathering.*
*The season of storms is coming...*
## Characters

* Geralt of Rivia
* Lytta Neyd
* Yennefer of Vengerberg
* Dandelion
* Belohun
* Sorel Degerlund
* Ortolan
* Mozaïk
* Ferrant de Lettenhove
* Addario Bach
* Pyral Pratt
* Brehen
* Egmund
* Algernon Guincamp
* Frans Torquil
* Nimue verch Wledyr ap Gwyn
* Antea Derris

## Inaccuracies

* The letters sent by mages inform that the year the action takes place in is 1245. This is inconsistent with information provided in *The Tower of the Swallow*, which implicates that Dandelion would not leave the academy, devote his life to poetry, and meet Geralt until 1248. The correct year of action appears to be 1250, a year after Geralt leaves Yennefer after their time spent in Vengerberg.
	+ A possible explanation is that mages use a different dating system from the rest of the Continent and assume that the Resurrection takes place 5 years later.

## Translations

* Portuguese: *Tempo de Tempestade*, (WMF Martins Fontes, 2019)
* Czech: *Bouřková sezóna*, translated by Stanislav Komárek, (Leonardo, Ostrava 2014)
* French: *La Saison des Orages*, translated by Caroline Raszka-Dewez, (Milady, Montreal 2015)
* German: *Zeit des Sturms*, translated by Erik Simon, (2015)
* Hungarian: *Viharidő*, (PlayON, 2018)
* Italian: *La stagione delle tempeste*, (Nord, 2016)
* Dutch: Het Seizoen van Stormen (Luitingh Sijthoff Fantasy, 2017)
* Russian: *Сезон гроз*, (AST, Moscow 11/2014)
* Serbian: *Sezona oluja*, translated by Zorana Lutovac, (Čarobna knjiga, Beograd 10/2014)
* Slovak: *Búrková sezóna* translated by Karol Chmel (Plus, 2018)
* Spanish: *Estación de tormentas*, (Alamut, 2015)

## Audio Version

In December 2014 Fonopolis and audioteka.pl released audio play based on *Sezon burz*, lasting about 13,5 hours and voiced by 84 actors, including Krzysztof Banaszyk (Vernon Roche in *Assassins of Kings*) as Geralt, Anna Dereszowska as Yennefer, Sławimir Pacek (minor characters in video games) as Dandelion, Karolina Gorczyca as Lytta Neyd and Krzysztof Gosztyła as narrator. It was the first book from *The Witcher* series released directly as audio play – previous books were released as classic audiobooks in 1990s, and re-released as audio plays in 2010s.

## Adaptations

Part of the novel was adapted and expanded as *The Witcher: Fox Children* comic book by Dark Horse Comics. Blurp says that: *Geralt's journey leads him aboard a ship of fools, renegades, and criminals—but some passengers are more dangerous than others, and one hides a hideous secret!*