'A coward', he declared with dignity, when he'd stopped coughing and had got his breath back, 'dies a hundred times. A brave man dies but once. But Dame Fortune favours the brave and holds cowards in contempt.'

As I become more familiar with Sapkowski's writing style and slipping in to a non-linear story telling approach I enjoy the books more. This is another solid installment in The Witcher series but I am grateful I can go from one book to the next.

If I had to wait years for each book to be released I'd feel that there wasn't enough substance in each book to satisfy me. The books connect one to the other perfectly but I don't know if there is enough within each to stand on their own.

Regardless, I'll keep on going through the series because there hasn't been a reason to abandon this gritty fantasy world just yet.