The Witcher writer Andrzej Sapkowski has actually ended up the following publication in the collection, the very first considering that 2013.
Sapkowski exposed the progression upgrade to Chimères and claimed it took about 2 years to compose. Little is found out about the inbound entrance, also its name, though it will certainly get here worldwide in very early 2025 adhering to a launching in Poland in late 2024.
The brand-new publication will certainly probably be linked to the narrative A Little Sacrifice, which informs the tale of Geralt of Rivia as he takes a trip The Continent with Dandelion following his very first separation with Yennefer of Vengerburg, and, with the assistance of competing poet Essi Daven, moderate a fan’s quarrel in between a royal prince and a mermaid.
Netflix is adjusting this right into computer animated movie Alarms of the Deep, and Sapkowski recommended in November 2023 that his brand-new publication was linked to that.
Essi has actually long been a follower much-loved personality so an expansion of her tale would likely rate to followers of The Witcher. It likewise matches assumptions the following publication will certainly inform a side tale that does not straight impact the major Witcher legend, that’s informed throughout 5 publications and is adjusted since Period 2 of the Netflix program. This held true with the previous Witcher publication, Period of Storms, which launched in 2013 and informed a self-supporting tale.
Not just does Geralt’s tale pertained to a relatively clear-cut end generally legend, however a (practically informal) development has actually currently happened via the CD Projekt video game collection, which happens in minority years adhering to the publications.
While these are the just genuinely approved entrances in The Witcher franchise business, deep space has actually currently progressed much past the initial publication collection. The video game trilogy (and numerous inbound follows up and spin-offs) are signed up with by the Netflix program, a comics collection, a tabletop RPG, manga, and also a recipe book.
Ryan Dinsdale is an IGN freelance press reporter. He’ll speak about The Witcher throughout the day.