The So-Called Giant Centipedes, or My Only Comfort in Exile is a book in the Blood and Wine expansion. When first read, the it adds the Giant centipedes bestiary entry.
A copy can always be found during the secondary quest Turn and Face the Strange, in Professor Moreau's abandoned lab, in the submerged ruins of the Valley of the Nine. It can also be found as random loot on bookshelves in houses around Toussaint, or purchased from the Ducal Camerlengo.
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- (...) Dearly have I paid for my wrongs. Being exiled from the beautiful deserts and steppes of Ofier to this hideous green country, where all the scents and flavors are so intense they make me sick, fills my hearts with sorrow and regret.
- My only comfort seems to be a small colony of scolopendros (or, more scientifically speaking – scolopendromorphs), here referred to as giant centipedes, living in the vicinity of my hut. These wonderful creatures, the sight of which reminds me of home, have most likely chosen this area to settle in because of the presence of shaelmaars, whose droppings constitute the food of smaller animals, which, in turn, are consumed by scolopendros. Sometimes I sneak up on them when they are feeding and admire their hooked limbs, mandibles so sturdy they seem made of iron, and chitinous thoraces shiny enough to let one to gaze upon one's reflection...
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- It's possible that book was initially supposed to add the bestiary entry for Pale Widows instead, which are the giant centipede variation encounted during Turn and Face the Strange.