Martin delivers the long-awaited fourth book of his landmark series, as a kingdom torn asunder finds itself at last on the brink of peace...only to be launched on an even more terrifying course of destruction.
A Song of Ice and Fire, Book 4
Bantam Spectra
November 2005
784 pages ISBN: 0553801503 Hardcover Add to Wish List
It seems too good to be true. After centuries of bitter
strife and fatal treachery, the seven powers dividing the
land have decimated one another into an uneasy truce. Or so
it appears....With the death of the monstrous King Joffrey,
Cersei is ruling as regent in King’s Landing. Robb Stark’s
demise has broken the back of the Northern rebels, and his
siblings are scattered throughout the kingdom like seeds on
barren soil. Few legitimate claims to the once desperately
sought Iron Throne still exist--or they are held in hands
too weak or too distant to wield them effectively. The war,
which raged out of control for so long, has burned itself
out.
But as in the aftermath of any climactic struggle, it is
not long before the survivors, outlaws, renegades, and
carrion eaters start to gather, picking over the bones of
the dead and fighting for the spoils of the soon-to-be
dead. Now in the Seven Kingdoms, as the human crows
assemble over a banquet of ashes, daring new plots and
dangerous new alliances are formed, while surprising faces--
some familiar, others only just appearing--are seen
emerging from an ominous twilight of past struggles and
chaos to take up the challenges ahead.
It is a time when the wise and the ambitious, the deceitful
and the strong will acquire the skills, the power, and the
magic to survive the stark and terrible times that lie
before them. It is a time for nobles and commoners,
soldiers and sorcerers, assassins and sages to come
together and stake their fortunes...and their lives. For at
a feast for crows, many are the guests--but only a few are
the survivors.
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