American English: The Tower of Swallows, translated by David French (Orbit, 2016).The error itself might be related to Polish language complexity the word "Jaskółki" in itself is in a plural form, however in a phrase "Wieża Jaskółki" it is not, here it is in its 2nd (of 7) declination case. The mentioned swallow is a representation of a single person so it feels like a rather big error in translation.
Thus, the most correct translation would be "Tower of the Swallow" or "The Swallow's Tower". Yennefer is trying to find Vilgefortz's hiding place, but it is no easy task.įor reasons unknown, some of the translations have "Swallow" in its plural form in the title while the original, the Polish title is in singular form. He needs to find some druids who will reportedly know where Ciri is. Meanwhile, Geralt meets an elf named Avallac'h who tells him about a prophecy connected with Ciri. Based on this assumption, she leaves Vysogota to find Tor Zireael. As she readies herself to leave, she is convinced that both Geralt and Yennefer are dead. She tells her life story to the old man: how all the Rats were killed by Leo Bonhart, all except for Ciri. Vysogota, an old philosopher living in the Pereplut swamp, finds an injured Ciri near his retreat and takes her in, caring for her until she is ready to continue her journey. But someone is determined that the witcher should not find her.
Meanwhile, Geralt is on his way to find Druids who might know where Ciri is. Until she met her retribution - Leo Bonhart, who killed her fellow bandits and captured her. the story of Ciri and how she became a cruel killer meeting death at every step. He saves her life and she tells him her story. One day, old Vysogota finds a very badly injured girl in the swamp surrounding his retreat. The following year, the second UK edition came out on 9 March 2017. edition was released by Orbit on, with the first UK edition coming out a couple days later by Gollancz on. The Tower of the Swallow (UK) or The Tower of Swallows (U.S.) (Polish: Wieża Jaskółki), was written by Andrzej Sapkowski and was first published in Poland in 1997 and is the sixth book in The Witcher series and the fourth novel in the saga.
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