Review
‘A Game of Thrones grabs hold and won’t let go. It’s brilliant.’
Robert Jordan
‘Colossal, staggering… Martin captures all the intoxicating complexity of the Wars of the Roses or Imperial Rome in his imaginary world… one of the greats of fantasy literature.’
SFX
‘Fantasy literature has never shied away from grandeur, but 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
‘Such a splendid tale. I couldn’t stop till I’d finished and it was dawn.’
Anne McCaffrey
Product Description
The first volume 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.
Summers span decades. Winter can last a lifetime. And the struggle for the Iron Throne has begun.
As Warden of the north, Lord Eddard Stark counts it a curse when King Robert bestows on him the office of the Hand. His honour weighs him down at court where a true man does what he will, not what he must … and a dead enemy is a thing of beauty.
The old gods have no power in the south, Stark’s family is split and there is treachery at court. Worse, the vengeance-mad heir of the deposed Dragon King has grown to maturity in exile in the Free Cities. He claims the Iron Throne.
From the Back Cover
A MESSAGE FROM THE PUBLISHER
'A Game of Thrones' begins a new fantasy trilogy, 'A Song of Ice and Fire' We think it is a wonderful book, perhaps the best of its kind since 'The Lord of the Rings' itself. We are convinced that once you start to read George R.R. Martin's story, you won't want to rest until you have finished it.
But for you, the reader, a new book is a substantial investment. How do you know that we aren't exaggerating its merits? To answer that question, we came up with the idea of this special preview edition, which enables you to read the early chapters of the book at a very low cost. If you like it – as we're sure you will – then you can return to the bookshop from which you bought this preview edition and you will be able to buy the complete novel at a special price. You really can't lose!
About the Author
George R R Martin's bestselling A Song of Ice and Fire fantasy series has earned him the title of 'the American Tolkien'. The first book of the series has been made into a HBO TV adaptation, A Game of Thrones. He is the author of eight novels, several collections of short stories and numerous screenplays for television drama and feature films. He lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
