KSD will release «The Witcher: The Crossing of the Ravens» in Ukrainian translation in 2025 — but Russian will come out earlier

The Ukrainian translation of Andrzej Sapkowski’s novel «The Witcher: The Crossing of the Ravens» was not expected in the near future, but one publishing house «has stepped up to the plate.

KSD has acquired the translation rights, which means that they are already working on the Ukrainian localization. The publishing house plans to make the cover design in the style of their «Witcher» series, which may be unpleasant news for those who wanted an original design.

There is no exact date for the book’s release, but it is expected to be in the second half of the year. It is noteworthy that The book will be released worldwide in September, but in russia before all the others combined. Sales of the russian translation are scheduled for April. An illegal translation was already made in Russia shortly after the novel’s release, and now it will be released officially.

By the way, «The Crossing of the Ravens» tells the story of 18-20-year-old Geralt, who has just finished his studies in Caer Morchen. The book will show Vesemir, other witches and young Nenneke. Most likely, there will be entirely new faces in the novel, but it is not known which familiar characters we will see. Also, the novel «Crossroads of ravens» not included in the main saga.

Fans of «Witcher» will get a lot of content in 2025. This year, the fourth season of «The Witcher» will be released on Netflix, which will return Lambert and Cohen. For the first time, instead of Henry Cavill, Geralt’s «mask tries on» Liam Hemsworth, as well as a character that previously existed only in the game world will appear in CD Projekt Red. Also in February, an anime was released «The Witcher: Sirens from the Deep»which tells the story of the events between the fifth and sixth episodes of the first season of the series. The plot of the anime is based on the story Andrzej Sapkowski «Small sacrifice».

For its part, CD Projekt Red continues to work on The Witcher 4, which is in stages of full production. Recently, fans were shown backstage the creation of the trailer, as well as the peculiarities of the characters of Ciri the Witch and Geralt.

Source: «КСД» / «Суспільне»