The Time of Contempt is the second novel in the Witcher series. In this story, we are seeing the effects of a brewing war between the kingdoms and Nilfgaard. The story begins where Blood of Elves left off, with Yennefer bringing Ciri to Aretuza, the school of magic, to hone her skills and receive proper instruction. On the journey, they run into some issues in the big city outside of Aretuza. Ciri is allowed to venture around the city with an escort, and they attempt to free a wyvern who is being held captive by a man who is selling tickets to see the poor creature. Things quickly get out of hand and Ciri and Fabio, her escort narrowly escape the mess. Ciri activates an amulet which brings attention to her location by other sorceresses in the city. She soon is captured by Tissaia de Vries, a sorceress who instructed Yennefer at Aretuza. Luckily, Yennerfer finds Tissaia and her companion holding Ciri, but soonafter Ciri once again escapes from the inn they are staying at in order to find Geralt, who is supposedly in a nearby town. A horrible storm is brewing with extremely bright lightning which is illuminating the farmland and nearby tower of Lara, which was once a portal created during the Conjunction of Spheres. While trying to find Geralt, and while Geralt is trying to find Ciri, they all witness The Wild Hunt, a spectral phenomenon of horsemen riding across the sky, similar to "the 4 horsemen of the apocalypse".
Ciri finds Geralt, and Yennefer teleports to them both. Geralt and Yen have not spoken in about three years. They were told once that they were made for each other, but nothing would come of it because "something more" was needed. They figured out that the "something more" was Ciri.
Continuing on, the first night of Aretuza, an attempted Coup begins with some sorcerers who have betrayed their comrades in order to gain favor with Nilfgaard. Emperor Emhyr of Nilfgaard wants the mages chapter to be dispersed due to their unfavorable massive loss at Sodden. Ciri disappears, Yennefer cannot be found, and Geralt is taken hostage by Djikstra's men.
Geralt gets away, Ciri manages to escape but is soon chased after by Cahir, the black knight. Ciri overpowers Cahir but decides not to kill him. The story leaves off with Ciri waking up in the middle of a desert, and narrowly survives. She tries fire magic on her own to save a unicorn's life, but because of this action, her magical capabilities were revoked.
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