Time of Contempt (official English translation, literal translation: The Time of Disdain, early title was annouced as Times of Anger, original Polish: Czas pogardy), written by Andrzej Sapkowski, first published in Poland in 1995 by SUPERNOWA, is the fourth book in the Witcher series and the second novel in the Witcher saga. It directly continues on from Blood of Elves, which begins the saga of Ciri and Geralt. In the United States, Time Of Contempt was released by Orbit Books on August 27th, 2013.