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![]() ![]() True to his nature, however, Martin is making no promises about when that will be. But I read all the books and am biting my nails waiting for the next one. Lucifer, Beelzebub, and Spawn of Satan top the list, along with accompanying adjectives. ![]() During the course of reading these books, I have called Martin everything but a good guy. This might be true if Tolkien had been a warped, sadistic bastard who enjoyed tormenting his readers. I have read a number of reviews comparing Martin to Tolkien. They had better hope that the last two books come out before I die. My sons have been disinherited several times during the reading process. Recently, they both accosted me about it from different parts of the country on my birthday, so I grudgingly agreed to try the first book. My sons, both of them "men grown," have been nagging me for at least two years to read these books. I'm going to use the word "read" instead of "listen" because it's all the same to me and "read" is shorter. Besides, I think anyone new to the series should know what they're getting into right up front. I listened to them all, one right after the other, so it is difficult for me to review them separately. I understand that there are to be 7 books in this series, but as of this writing there are only 5. Meanwhile, across the Narrow Sea, Prince Viserys, heir of the fallen House Targaryen, which once ruled all of Westeros, schemes to reclaim the throne with an army of barbarian Dothraki - whose loyalty he will purchase in the only coin left to him: his beautiful yet innocent sister, Daenerys. Now Robert is riding north to Winterfell, bringing his queen, the lovely but cold Cersei, his son, the cruel, vainglorious Prince Joffrey, and the queen's brothers Jaime and Tyrion of the powerful and wealthy House Lannister - the first a swordsman without equal, the second a dwarf whose stunted stature belies a brilliant mind.Īll are heading for Winterfell and a fateful encounter that will change the course of kingdoms. Yet a more immediate threat lurks to the south, where Jon Arryn, the Hand of the King, has died under mysterious circumstances. Far to the north, behind the towering Wall, lie savage Wildings and worse - unnatural things relegated to myth during the centuries-long summer, but proving all too real and all too deadly in the turning of the season. There his family dwells in peace and comfort: his proud wife, Catelyn his sons Robb, Brandon, and Rickon his daughters Sansa and Arya and his bastard son, Jon Snow. There Eddard Stark of Winterfell rules in Robert's name. Such is the stern motto of House Stark, the northernmost of the fiefdoms that owe allegiance to King Robert Baratheon in far-off King's Landing. For when kings clash, the whole land trembles.Now the acclaimed HBO series Game of Thrones - the masterpiece that became a cultural phenomenon Against a backdrop of incest and fratricide, alchemy and murder, victory may go to the men and women possessed of the coldest steel. 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. And from the ancient citadel of Dragonstone to the forbidding shores of Winterfell, chaos reigns. A Clash of Kings transports us to a world of revelry and revenge, wizardry and warfare unlike any we have ever experienced.Ī comet the color of blood and flame cuts across the sky. Martin has created a work of unsurpassed vision, power, and imagination. In this thrilling sequel to A Game of Thrones, George R. ![]() THE BOOK BEHIND THE SECOND SEASON OF GAME OF THRONES, AN ORIGINAL SERIES NOW ON HBO. ![]()
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