The Seven Kingdoms are divided by revolt and blood feud, and winter approaches like an angry beast. A STORM OF SWORDS is the third volume in the series. Martins internationally bestselling series A SONG OF ICE AND FIRE, the greatest fantasy epic of the modern age.

The winner of multiple Nebula and Hugo Awards, as well as the 2012 World Fantasy Award for Life Achievement, Martin has also received three Emmy Awards for his work as a producer on the HBO adaptation of his ‘Song of Ice and Fire’ novels, Game of Thrones. HBOs hit series A GAME OF THRONES is based on George R.

The first instalment, A Game of Thrones, was published in 1996 the fourth volume ( A Feast for Crows, 2005 Folio 2021) and fifth volume ( A Dance with Dragons, 2011 Folio 2022) earned Martin best-seller status. Martin went on to work as a television scriptwriter in the 1980s, before – discouraged by the limitations of the medium – he returned to writing fiction, beginning work on the epic fantasy series for which he is best known, ‘ A Song of Ice and Fire’, inspired by medieval England’s Wars of the Roses. He began publishing short stories in science-fiction and fantasy magazines in the early 1970s, and his first novel, Dying of the Light, was published in 1977. Martin is a celebrated author of fantasy, horror and science-fiction stories and novels. 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.George R.

In their vanguard is a horde of mythical Others-a supernatural army of the living dead whose animated corpses are unstoppable. 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.īut as opposing forces maneuver for the final titanic showdown, an army of barbaric wildlings arrives from the outermost line of civilization. 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. Martin’s stunning series is destined to stand as one of the great achievements of imaginative fiction. Magic, mystery, intrigue, romance, and adventure fill these pages and transport us to a world unlike any we have ever experienced. As a whole, this series comprises a genuine masterpiece of modern fantasy, bringing together the best the genre has to offer. Martin’s magnificent cycle of novels that includes A Game of Thronesand A Clash of Kings. GAME OF THRONES: A NEW ORIGINAL SERIES, NOW ON HBO.

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