The Wizards Guild has been shattered by a coup and, in the uproar, Geralt was seriously injured, helpless until he recovers. The Witcher is supposed to be a guardian of the innocent, a protector of those in need, a defender against powerful and dangerous monsters that prey on men in dark times. While war rages across all of the lands, the future of magic is under threat and those sorcerers who survive are determined to protect it. One girl, Ciri, the heiress to the throne of Cintra, has vanished-- until a rumour places her in the Niflgaard court, preparing to marry the Emperor. Injured or not, Geralt has a rescue mission on his hands.