Baptism of Fire by Frank Collins

Baptism of Fire by Frank Collins

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A deadly coup within the Wizard's Guild leaves the Witcher, Geralt of Rivia, gravely injured, and his ward Ciri missing in the third novel of Andrzej Sapkowski's New York Times bestselling series that inspired the hit Netflix show and the blockbuster video games.

The Wizards Guild has been shattered by a coup and, in the uproar, Geralt was seriously injured.

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. But now that dark times have fallen upon the world, Geralt is helpless until he has recovered from his injuries.

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. It's an impossible situation in which to find one girl--Ciri, the heiress to the throne of Cintra--until a rumor places her in the Niflgaard court, preparing to marry the Emperor.

Injured or not, Geralt has a rescue mission on his hands.

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Translated from original Polish by David French

Professor Frank Collins

Professor Frank Collins is the Director of the Australian Centre for Infrastructure Durability (ACID). His role involves fostering collaboration between universities to streamline access by government and industry to the most relevant researchers and facilities for the durability of built infrastructure. Prior to his academic career, Frank's has had 19 years as a chartered professional engineer, which gives him a unique perspective on ageing of infrastructure. He worked for 13 years with Taywood Engineering Ltd in their London, Hong Kong, Sydney and Melbourne offices; involved with diagnosis and rehabilitation of infrastructure and applications of construction materials. In 1988, Frank was Lead Materials Engineer in the Sydney Opera House rehabilitation program which entailed diagnosis of the roof shell elements and substructure, and development of remedial and preventative maintenance works. In 1995, he established the Bridge Testing and Rehabilitation Unit within the Ministry of Transport, Vietnam, allowing the Ministry to become self-sufficient in the management of bridge assets. While technical director at AECOM (Maunsell) he established and managed the company's Advanced Materials Group, including technical and commercial leadership, and provided high-level advice on many international infrastructure projects.

As an academic since 2006, he has taken akeen research interest in the areas of durability and ageing of built infrastructure; utilisation of wastes as alternative construction materials; and improved construction materials for durable and stronger infrastructure.

Dr Frederic Blin

Frü¾Ž–”¼dü¾Ž–”¼ric has over 18 years' experience as an engineer and is the leader of AECOM's Strategic Asset Management and Advanced Materials team in Victoria, Tasmania and South Australia. He has worked across industries (properties/facilities, transport and water) and brings a solid understanding of the importance of balancing asset lifecycle risks and costs to provide desired service levels to customers. He holds a materials engineering degree and a PHD in corrosion engineering.

At AECOM, Frü¾Ž–”¼dü¾Ž–”¼ric is a Technical Director, who has worked on and led numerous projects in the field of asset management and durability/materials engineering. This has included the provision of technical support at the design, build, finance (including due diligences) and operation & maintain phases of the lifecycle of (particularly infrastructure-based) assets (e.g. parks, tunnels, ports, plants, buildings, roads and bridges).

Frü¾Ž–”¼dü¾Ž–”¼ric's experience include condition and performance monitoring and evaluation, risk management and lifecycle decision frameworks and tools, maintenance and renewals forecasting as well as asset management business improvement.

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ISBN 13	9780552145824
ISBN 10	0552145823
Title	Baptism of Fire
Author	Frank Collins
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Transworld Publishers Ltd
Year published	1998-11-05
Number of pages	480
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.