Talk:Timeline/@comment-2003:75:CF0C:1D05:648F:D8FA:DD40:3FC6-20180219122550/@comment-8742750-20180219135140

You are correct. It is impossible for Season of Storms to take place after A Shard of Ice. In Season of Storms, Lytta states it has been around a year since Geralt left Yen (sometime after the Last Wish), and in Bounds of Reason it has been four years since they last saw one another. To be honest with you, this timeline could do with a lot of attention and just as soon as I have finished rereading the Lady of the Lake I'm going to try to go over it.

The chronology that makes the most sense is;

The Lesser Evil (Some of Dandelion's text imply he had heard of Geralt as the Butcher prior to their meeting)

Edge of the World (Dandelion's first adventure with Geralt, obviously one of the earliest)

The Last Wish (Geralt and Yen first meet)

Season of Storms (Geralt first hears of Striga, one year since he left Yen)

A Question of Price (Ciri is born by the time of the Voice of Reason, can't have been before the Last Wish/technically this could take place before SoS but seems unlikely as Geralt never so much as mentions it)

The Witcher (has to take place after SoS but before VoR)

The Voice of Reason (Geralt healing wounds by Striga)

The Bounds of Reason (Geralt and Yen reunited, around four years since)

A Shard of Ice (Geralt and Yen together for a time, she leaves him this time)

Eternal Flame (history with the Thyssens would suggest this takes place around 1238; given Dandelion is in this story that would be impossible, also mentions it is after Geralt and Yen lived together)

A Little Sacrifice (again Geralt mentions having already lived with Yen)

The Sword of Destiny (before the first Nilfgaardian invasion, evidenced by Ciri's age)

Something More (around the time of the first Nilfgaardian invasion)

1265 - 1267, Blood of Elves (obviously the Saga leads on one from another chronologically, with the exception of the few interludes that take place in the future)

1267, Time of Contempt

1267, Baptism of Fire

1267, The Tower of the Swallow

1268, The Lady of the Lake

1373, Season of Storms (time-displaced Geralt encounters Nimue)

The Tower of the Swallow (Beaclair dig)

As I've said before, the only one I'm unable to confidently place is A Grain of Truth. There is little to go on there. Though the fact that Geralt doesn't so much as mention Yen of Dandelion might suggest it is one of the earliest stories.