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Please note that this book is the second part of A Dance with Dragons, which was previously published as one single volume in hardcover, but has been published as two books in paperback. The first part of the paperback edition is A Dance with Dragons Part 1: Dreams and Dust. |
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'Of those who work in the grand epic fantasy tradition, George R.R. Martin is by far the best'
Time Magazine
‘An absorbing, exciting read … Martin’s style is so vivid that you will be hooked within a few pages’
The Times
‘The sheer mind-boggling scope of this epic has sent other fantasy writers away shaking their heads …Its ambition: to construct the Twelve Caesars of fantasy fiction, with characters so venomous they could eat the Borgias’
Guardian
‘Colossal, staggering … Martin captures all the intoxicating complexity of the Wars of the Roses or Imperial Rome'
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The fifth volume, part two of A Song of Ice and Fire, the greatest fantasy epic of the modern age. GAME OF THRONES is now a major Sky Atlantic TV series from HBO, featuring a stellar cast.
The future of the Seven Kingdoms hangs in the balance.
In King’s Landing the Queen Regent, Cersei Lannister, awaits trial, abandoned by all those she trusted; while in the eastern city of Yunkai her brother Tyrion has been sold as a slave. From the Wall, having left his wife and the Red Priestess Melisandre under the protection of Jon Snow, Stannis Baratheon marches south to confront the Boltons at Winterfell. But beyond the Wall the wildling armies are massing for an assault…
On all sides bitter conflicts are reigniting, played out by a grand cast of outlaws and priests, soldiers and skinchangers, nobles and slaves. The tides of destiny will inevitably lead to the greatest dance of all.
NOTE :This is not a new book , but a new release of a previously published book.
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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Am I alone in finding it really irritating just how many people are giving Martin's excellent series low scores either because they expect the complex multi-threaded story-lines wrapped up nice and neat at the end of each book; or because they got confused that the publisher and distributor decided to release what was over 1,000 pages in hardback as two books in paperback?
As far as the actual content is concerned, I have found A Song of Ice and Fire a riveting read - even part 4 which was perhaps the driest read - with no dragons or Others to break the political machinations and multitude of betrayals. I suppose that since Martin's main strength is without a shadow of doubt in his masterful characterisation - the one book where political narrative took centre-stage was always bound to have seemed slower than the rest.
But having thoroughly enjoyed his triumphant return to form in "A Dance with Dragons" (parts 1 and 2 and yes, I was almost caught out too :-)) I now look forward to seeing how Martin manages to draw these myriad of loose threads back to the leaderless Westeros, where I'm guessing we will be reading about the Direwolf and the Dragon (and the half-nose Lion?) fighting side-by-side for the future of humanity. If the concluding two books are going to be as good as what we've had so far, well I don't know about you, but I'm prepared to wait another few years.
As far as the actual content is concerned, I have found A Song of Ice and Fire a riveting read - even part 4 which was perhaps the driest read - with no dragons or Others to break the political machinations and multitude of betrayals. I suppose that since Martin's main strength is without a shadow of doubt in his masterful characterisation - the one book where political narrative took centre-stage was always bound to have seemed slower than the rest.
But having thoroughly enjoyed his triumphant return to form in "A Dance with Dragons" (parts 1 and 2 and yes, I was almost caught out too :-)) I now look forward to seeing how Martin manages to draw these myriad of loose threads back to the leaderless Westeros, where I'm guessing we will be reading about the Direwolf and the Dragon (and the half-nose Lion?) fighting side-by-side for the future of humanity. If the concluding two books are going to be as good as what we've had so far, well I don't know about you, but I'm prepared to wait another few years.
53 of 58 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This is a great read, one of the highlights of the past decade in fantasy fiction for me personally, gripping throughout all the way to the climactic cliff-hangers at the close of the book.
The character arcs of Theon Greyjoy and Stannis especially were real highlights for me. George Martin has a way of lulling you in and making you think that you have your opinion set on a character and then gradually chipping away at your preconceptions...I won't say any more. All in all this was a very good read and my only bugbear is that there will be another long wait before we can return to Westeros.
On a final note, it is highly disappointing to see the backlash of 1* reviews based on human error and lack of research on the part of purchasers thinking that this is a 'new' book. It clearly states that this is part two of the fifth volume in the product info and has the name 'A Dance with Dragons' blazoned on the cover. Please make a complaint to Amazon regarding the external advertising of this book if you have to, do not besmirch George Martin's content with bad reviews based on your perceptions of Amazon's advertising team.
The character arcs of Theon Greyjoy and Stannis especially were real highlights for me. George Martin has a way of lulling you in and making you think that you have your opinion set on a character and then gradually chipping away at your preconceptions...I won't say any more. All in all this was a very good read and my only bugbear is that there will be another long wait before we can return to Westeros.
On a final note, it is highly disappointing to see the backlash of 1* reviews based on human error and lack of research on the part of purchasers thinking that this is a 'new' book. It clearly states that this is part two of the fifth volume in the product info and has the name 'A Dance with Dragons' blazoned on the cover. Please make a complaint to Amazon regarding the external advertising of this book if you have to, do not besmirch George Martin's content with bad reviews based on your perceptions of Amazon's advertising team.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
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I found Book 4 a little slower than the others in the series, but book 5 exceeded my expectations, especially as others had told me it was not particularly good.
The book is gripping, fast moving and lots happens that develops the story and the lives of the characters we have all grown to know.
There are inevitably a number of story-lines that are left hanging and it leaves me eagarly awaiting the next book in the series, although I do know this may take some time in coming, just like winter!
Cracking book, just read and enjoy.
The book is gripping, fast moving and lots happens that develops the story and the lives of the characters we have all grown to know.
There are inevitably a number of story-lines that are left hanging and it leaves me eagarly awaiting the next book in the series, although I do know this may take some time in coming, just like winter!
Cracking book, just read and enjoy.
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You can still warn people without trashing the book!
Hey there, this book has 35+ 1 star 'reviews' of the book - that are nearly ALL the result of poor research coupled with misleading advertising! Read more
Published 13 hours ago by R. Keech
Brilliant, infuriating...
In a series of such epic length and scope you have to accept a few weaker moments now and then. For my money I could have done without all the Kingsmoot stuff in Book 4. Read more
Published 10 days ago by mikey
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This book only had a few new chapters, as far as I can tell it was basically a repeat of the first part of A Dance with Dragons. Read more
Published 15 days ago by robynhay
A fan of the others; had to drag myself through this one
Like everyone else, I was a huge fan of the first books; following the lives of Tyrion, Cersei, Danaerys, Arya, etc were what thrilled me most. Read more
Published 16 days ago by DR
ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT!
Quite simply, this is the greatest series of books ever written. The character viewpoints tell the story in a unique way, and the plot with it's twists, turns and surprises is... Read more
Published 19 days ago by Dyernamite
Excellent read!
Such a shame that this lovely addition to the series has been down-rated so much because of an advertising error and in my opinion a confusing publishing arrangement(Hardback is... Read more
Published 19 days ago by C. Kemp
Fantastic Book!
I really enjoyed the book and could not put it down. One down side that we all have to wait a while in order to read a new book in the series.
Published 20 days ago by Mr. Aleksandr Stark
a dance with dragons by George R Martin
a disappointment as I really thought it was a further work on the subject and not just the second part of the very large book I purchased sometime before. Read more
Published 23 days ago by caesar
FANTASTIC BOOK-DON'T BUY PAPERBACK IF YOU'VE GOT THE HARDBACK!!!!!!
Amazon delivery was as reliable as ever but the book was an absolutely crushing disappointment. I bought the hard back version of A Dance with Dragons (Which is as Epic and Amazing... Read more
Published 23 days ago by Sarah
It's cold. And it's getting colder...
Here we go again...
Yhis is the second half of the fifth book in the series of fantasy novels 'A Song of Ice and Fire. Read more
Yhis is the second half of the fifth book in the series of fantasy novels 'A Song of Ice and Fire. Read more
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