Martin's superb fantasy epic continues in consummate style as bloodshed and alchemy lay waste the Seven Kingdoms. But in a time of rising restlessness, the tides of destiny and politics will lead inevitably to the greatest dance of all.George R. Some will fail, others will grow in the strength of darkness. As they gather, one young man embarks upon his own quest for the queen, with an entirely different goal in mind.įrom all corners, bitter conflicts reignite, intimate betrayals are perpetrated, and a grand cast of outlaws and priests, soldiers and skinchangers, nobles and slaves, will face seemingly insurmountable obstacles. But Daenerys has thousands of enemies, and many have set out to find her. In the east, Daenerys Targaryen, the last scion of House Targaryen, rules with her three dragons as queen of a city built on dust and death. In the aftermath of a colossal battle, the future of the Seven Kingdoms hangs in the balance-beset by newly emerging threats from every direction. For at a feast for crows, many are the guests-but only a few are the survivors. The war, which raged out of control for so long, has burned itself out. 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. 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. With the death of the monstrous King Joffrey, Cersei is ruling as regent in King’s Landing. After centuries of bitter strife and fatal treachery, the seven powers dividing the land have decimated one another into an uneasy truce. As the future of the land hangs in the balance, no one will rest until the Seven Kingdoms have exploded in a veritable storm of swords. Meanwhile, making her way across a blood-drenched continent is the exiled queen, Daenerys, mistress of the only three dragons still left in the world. Robb plots against his despised Lannister enemies, even as they hold his sister hostage at King’s Landing, the seat of the Iron Throne. But young Robb, of House Stark, still rules the North from the fortress of Riverrun. His most bitter rival, Lord Stannis, stands defeated and disgraced, the victim of the jealous sorceress who holds him in her evil thrall. Joffrey, of House Lannister, sits on the Iron Throne, the uneasy ruler of the land of the Seven Kingdoms. Of the five contenders for power, one is dead, another in disfavor, and still the wars rage as violently as ever, as alliances are made and broken. For when kings clash, the whole land trembles. Against a backdrop of incest and fratricide, alchemy and murder, victory may go to the men and women possessed of the coldest steel.and the coldest hearts. Here a princess masquerades as an orphan boy a knight of the mind prepares a poison for a treacherous sorceress and wild men descend from the Mountains of the Moon to ravage the countryside. It is a tale in which brother plots against brother and the dead rise to walk in the night. Six factions struggle for control of a divided land and the Iron Throne of the Seven Kingdoms, preparing to stake their claims through tempest, turmoil, and war. Now, from the ancient citadel of Dragonstone to the forbidding shores of Winterfell, chaos reigns. Two great leaders-Lord Eddard Stark and Robert Baratheon-who hold sway over an age of enforced peace are dead, victims of royal treachery. 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.Ī comet the color of blood and flame cuts across the sky. At the center of the conflict lie the Starks of Winterfell, a family as harsh and unyielding as the land they were born to. 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. In a land where summers can last decades and winters a lifetime, trouble is brewing. Long ago, in a time forgotten, a preternatural event threw the seasons out of balance. Collection includes A Game of Thrones (HBO Tie-in Edition), A Clash of Kings (HBO Tie-in Edition), A Storm of Swords, A Feast for Crows, and A Dance with Dragons. Tony Award winner Roy Dotrice narrates this stellar collection. This audiobook bundle includes the first five books in the Song of Ice and Fire series from George R.
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