The first volume in George R. R. Martin?s magnificent cycle of novels. Now an HBO original series
Song of Ice and Fire #1
Spectra
April 2011
On Sale: March 22, 2011
Featuring: Jon Snow; Eddard Stark; Bran Stark
704 pages ISBN: 0553386794 EAN: 9780553386790 Kindle: B000QCS8TW Paperback / e-Book (reprint) Add to Wish List
Here is the first volume in George R. R. Martin’s
magnificent cycle of novels that includes A Clash of Kings
and A Storm of Swords. As a whole, this series comprises a
genuine masterpiece of modern fantasy, bringing together
the
best the genre has to offer. Magic, mystery, intrigue,
romance, and adventure fill these pages and transport us to
a world unlike any we have ever experienced. Already hailed
as a classic, George R. R. Martin’s stunning series is
destined to stand as one of the great achievements of
imaginative fiction.
A Game of Thrones
Long ago, in a time forgotten, a preternatural event threw
the seasons out of balance. In a land where summers can
last
decades and winters a lifetime, trouble is brewing. The
cold
is returning, and in the frozen wastes to the north of
Winterfell, sinister and supernatural forces are massing
beyond the kingdom’s protective Wall. At the center of the
conflict lie the Starks of Winterfell, a family as harsh
and
unyielding as the land they were born to. Sweeping from a
land of brutal cold to a distant summertime kingdom of
epicurean plenty, here is a tale of lords and ladies,
soldiers and sorcerers, assassins and bastards, who come
together in a time of grim omens.
Here an enigmatic band of warriors bear swords of no human
metal; a tribe of fierce wildlings carry men off into
madness; a cruel young dragon prince barters his sister to
win back his throne; and a determined woman undertakes the
most treacherous of journeys. Amid plots and counterplots,
tragedy and betrayal, victory and terror, the fate of the
Starks, their allies, and their enemies hangs perilously in
the balance, as each endeavors to win that deadliest of
conflicts: the game of thrones.