The swords of Geralt of Rivia are still sharp, and there are no fewer monsters in this world, even if not all of them are fanged monsters. And yet the world familiar to readers from the first two books of the series is rapidly changing. Forget about intimacy and fabulousness! Epic scope, high politics and... the expectation of great disaster come to the fore. Kings and military leaders, magicians and mercenaries, people and non-humans play a complex game, sparing neither themselves nor the enemy. And at the center of this game is her: the crown princess of Cintra, the pupil of the witchers of Kaer Morhen and the sorceress Yennefer of Vengerberg, the Destination of the White Wolf. Child of the Elder Blood. The blood of elves flowing more and more often... The saga of A. Sapkowski has long occupied an honorable place in the world tradition of the fantasy genre, and Geralt has become a cult character not only in the world of literature, but also in the universe of computer games. The third book in the Witcher series is published for the first time with illustrations by Denis Gordeev, created specifically for this publication.