Written by David Hodgson, Will Murray, Loren Gilliland, and Alex Musa
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Standard Edition ISBN: 978-0-7440-1722-9
Collector’s Edition ISBN: 978-0-7440-1721-2
Printing Code: The rightmost double-digit number is the year of the book’s printing; the rightmost single-digit number is the number of the book’s printing. For example, 16-1 shows that the first printing of the book occurred in 2016.
19 18 17 16 4 3 2 1
001-288158-Aug/2016
Printed in the USA.
AUTHOR ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
David S. J. Hodgson
To my friends at CD PROJEKT RED; Your enthusiasm and meticulous passion to story-telling and great gameplay, as well your treatment of the gamer as a valued fan, is an inspiration to video gaming. It was wonderful to work with all of you, and I can’t thank you enough for your tireless help at support: Szczere i głębokie dzięki! Cheers to Jennifer and all at Prima for their patience, enthusiasm, and attention to detail. Sincere thanks to Will for his quality workmanship while roaming Toussaint. Thank you to my loving wife Melanie; Mum, Dad, and Ian; Loki; Cam and Louie; The South Coast Cactus and Succulent Society, The Moon Wiring Club, Laibach, Kraftwerk, The Benningtons; and P, for Richard Upton Pickman: An artist both infamous and renowned. A ghoul in the end, and not much of a friend, but as daring a painter as can be found.
Credits
Senior Development Editor
Jennifer Sims
Book Designer
Dan Caparo
Production Designers
Areva
Julie Clark
Justin Lucas
Wil Cruz
Production
Angela Graef
Digital Production
Rob (Gwent) Howell
Colin (Long Sword) King
Prima Games Staff
VP & Publisher
Mike Degler
Editorial Manager
Tim Fitzpatrick
Design and Layout Manager
Tracy Wehmeyer
Licensing
Christian Sumner
Paul Giacomotto
Marketing
Katie Hemlock
Digital Publishing
Julie Asbury
Tim (Cockatrice) Cox
Shaida Boroumand
Operations Manager
Stacey Ginther
Acknowledgments
Prima Games would like to thank Joanna Wieliczko, Pawel Panasiuk, Ashley Karas, and the rest of the amazing team at CD Projekt Red for their amazing help and support on this project.