The Witcher creator and creator Andrzej Sapkowski has confirmed that he’s already arduous at work on Geralt’s subsequent journey, and hinted to IGN that “the sky is the restrict” for future prequels.
Sapkowski has confirmed that his subsequent novel in The Witcher universe is already underway, with the Polish creator concentrating on a 2027 completion date.
As reported by Redanian Intelligence, talking on stage on the Copernicon conference in Torun, Poland, Sapkowski revealed that he has outlined his subsequent e-book and is actively writing. Whereas particular narrative particulars stay beneath wraps, Sapkowski shot down a fan query asking whether or not he would take into account writing a novel centered on different characters, equivalent to Yennefer of Vengerberg, confirming the story will as soon as once more concentrate on Geralt of Rivia.
The information aligns immediately with feedback Sapkowski made throughout our current interview with the creator and his English translator, David French. When requested whether or not he felt there was room to discover Geralt’s adolescence additional following the prequel Crossroads of Ravens, which tells us the story of an 18-year-old Geralt, Sapkowski provided a characteristically sharp response:
“Room? Sky is the restrict.”
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Whereas Sapkowski is but to substantiate whether or not this subsequent novel is definitely one other Geralt prequel novel, it would not be an excessive amount of of a stretch to imagine that is what we’re probably getting.
Past this, Sapkowski additionally revealed to IGN that he’s open to returning to the brief story format that kicked off his Witcher novels with The Final Want.
“It isn’t a straightforward factor to create a superb brief story,” Sapkowski defined. “That is far more troublesome than writing a novel… But when one succeeds, it’s proof of writing mastery.”
“It isn’t straightforward to properly and logically lead that straight line from level A to level B and that with a phrase rely of lower than some 8,000 phrases… Now, answering your query: sure, I’m contemplating writing extra brief tales.”
Assuming Sapkowski hits his focused completion date on the finish of 2027, Polish readers can probably count on the e-book on cabinets someday in late 2027 or 2028, with English translations most certainly following shortly after in late 2028 or 2029. If achieved, a four-year turnaround between Crossroads of Ravens and his subsequent work would mark Sapkowski’s quickest output since The Girl of the Lake in 1999.
Sapkowski has additionally mentioned he’s “open to solutions” on any unconventional diversifications The Witcher might enterprise to subsequent, amusingly mentioning that there have already been two musicals.
The Witcher definitely is not slowing down both, in that regard, beginning with a slate of full forged audiobook dramas which are set to launch via the remainder of 2026 and 2027. That begins with Crossroads of Ravens, the aforementioned Witcher prequel, and will probably be adopted up by The Final Want and Sword of Future in November.
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