A Game of Thrones: The Story Continues Books 1-4: A Game of Thrones, A Clash of Kings, A Storm of Swords, A Feast for Crows
George Raymond Richard Martin
HBO’s hit series A GAME OF THRONES is based on George R R Martin’s internationally bestselling series A SONG OF ICE AND FIRE, the greatest fantasy epic of the modern age.George R. R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire series has set the benchmark for contemporary epic fantasy. Labelled by Time magazine as one of the top 100 most influential people in the world, Martin has conjured a world as complex and vibrant as that of J.R.R. Tolkien’s, populated by a huge cast of fascinating, complex characters, and boasting a history that stretches back twelve thousand years.Three great storylines weave through the books, charting the civil war for control of the Seven Kingdoms; the defence of the towering Wall of ice in the uttermost north against the unearthly threat of the Others; and across the Narrow Sea the rise to power of Daenerys Targaryen and the last live dragons in the world.The HBO adaption of A Game of Thrones has aired worldwide and proved so popular that a second season was commissioned.
A SONG OF ICE AND FIRE
Books 1-4
George R.R. Martin
Copyright
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Praise for A Song of Ice and Fire:
‘This is one of those rare and effortless reads.’
ROBIN HOBB
‘George R.R. Martin is one of our very best writers, and this is one of his very best books.’
RAYMOND E. FEIST
‘Such a splendid tale. I read my eyes out—I couldn’t stop till I’d finished and it was dawn.’
ANNE MCCAFFREY
‘George R.R. Martin is assuredly a new master craftsman in the guild of heroic fantasy.’
KATHARINE KERR
‘Few created worlds are as imaginative and diverse.’
JANNY WURTS
Contents
Cover (#u740d4af4-24c2-507e-8eaf-2c59635595da)
Title Page (#u23682741-9f9d-5796-84c0-860760025ee7)
Copyright (#u73706aff-e8e7-52ac-ab1b-f658adfe50b2)
Praise for A Song of Ice and Fire (#u7874894a-0bca-596c-a7bb-468f4d1930e0)
Maps (#ulink_0d246f0a-0e06-5830-bf5a-7c59ac1c63e7)
Book One: A Game of Thrones (#u31b122cc-4fd1-5bde-9511-9ecb12c04558)
Dedication (#ulink_1a7eef7c-619c-50d4-8f6b-ccb5ea6d6925)
Prologue (#u14b2549b-af11-5422-b37a-c1b94df82870)
Bran (#ufff4f94f-5b69-572c-a495-b204a5b877ed)
Catelyn (#u07a6a3b6-477d-5a2e-9a37-a744b48ea663)
Daenerys (#ua798e136-bdb4-5a44-b553-4773cd57524d)
Eddard (#ue62489d7-7028-525d-bccc-b056299e00b0)
Jon (#ud3a3c8b4-9ca4-5e03-af60-a70c0b15e05f)
Catelyn (#ud64be5e3-3a37-5319-9b90-bae40b7718c1)
Arya (#u4281e9f9-2607-5287-88ac-893d29e7e7da)
Bran (#ud950b3e3-eaf0-575d-99d7-8c80ecbe24dd)
Tyrion (#u00147cf8-f38f-5a84-bab8-10244a31b38b)
Jon (#u46a0e6cb-7eec-5c04-a7ef-0a9610837ea8)
Daenerys (#u9096a29a-d30b-5985-89de-1fb68d8245eb)