And a continent away, an exiled queen, the Mother of Dragons, risks everything to lead her precious brood across a hard hot desert to win back the crown that is rightfully hers. Robert's two brothers each seek their own dominion, while a disfavored house turns once more to conquest. In the south, Joffrey, the heir apparent, rules in name only, victim of the scheming courtiers who teem over King's Landing. Eddard's son Robb has declared himself King in the North. As a prophecy of doom cuts across the sky-a comet the color of blood and flame-six factions struggle for control of a divided land. Now, from the ancient citadel of Dragonstone to the forbidding shores of Winterfell, chaos reigns, as pretenders to the Iron Throne of the Seven Kingdoms prepare to stake their claims through tempest, turmoil, and war. Two great leaders-Lord Eddard Stark and Robert Baratheon-who held sway over an age of enforced peace are dead.victims of royal treachery. The summer of peace and plenty, ten years long, is drawing to a close, and the harsh, chill winter approaches like an angry beast. Now, in the eagerly awaited second volume in this epic saga, he once again proves himself a master myth-maker, setting a standard against which all other fantasy novels will be measured for years to come. In his widely acclaimed A Game of Thrones, he introduced us to an extraordinary world of wonder, intrigue, and adventure. Martin, a writer of unsurpassed vision, power, and imagination, has created a landmark of fantasy fiction. This text refers to an alternate kindle_edition edition. Robb Stark will be exceedingly lucky to reach adulthood. From beyond the Wall the undead and Others clamour for freedom, and from beyond the sea the long-dead Dragon King's daughter hatches her revenge. It has been the longest summer in living memory, lasting ten years, and the smallfolk say it means an even longer winter to come.The first rule of war is never give the enemy his wish. And a white raven has brought word from the Citadel itself, foretelling summer's end. Stannis's child Princess Shireen dreams of dragons waking from stone. A comet in the night sky, red and malevolent, the colour of blood and flame, can only be an omen of murder and war. In Dragonstone, Robert's brother Stannis has declared himself king, while his other brother Renly proclaims himself king at Storm's End - and Eddard Stark's fifteen year old son Robb wears the crown of the north at Winterfell. Even so, Joffrey is now a boy-king, Cersei is his regent, and war is inevitable. His daughter Sansa is betrothed still to his killer's son Joffrey - Queen Cersei's son, though not the son of her late husband Robert. At King's Landing, the head of Lord Eddard Stark rots on a spike for all to see. The Iron Throne once united the Sunset Lands, but King Robert is dead, his widow is a traitor to his memory, and his surviving brothers are set on a path of war amongst themselves. Martin's superb fantasy epic continues in consummate style as bloodshed and alchemy lay waste the Seven Kingdoms in the second volume of A Song of Ice and Fire. Roz Kaveney -This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. Martin avoids the cosy Californian cheeriness of many epic fantasies in favour of a sense of the squalor and grandeur of high medieval life there is passion here, and misery and charm-and a profound sense of moral ambiguity as we learn to like the Richard III figure in this epic as much as the more virtuous Starks. This is character-driven fantasy-we see most events through the eyes of the sons and daughters of the Stark family, the once and future Kings of the North, whose father's judicial murder started the war. The Seven Kingdoms are divided by revolt and blood feud beyond their Northern borders, the men of the Night Watch fight the coming of a great cold and the walking corpses that travel with it on the other side of the ocean, the last of the Kingdom's deposed ruling house mourns her horseclan husband and rears the dragonlets she hatched from his funeral pyre. A Clash of Kings is the second volume of A Song of Ice and Fire, the sequence which began with A Game of Thrones and will take another four volumes to complete. Martin writes sword-and-sorcery which concentrates on the swords.
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