**THE BOOK BEHIND THE FOURTH SEASON OF THE ACCLAIMED HBO SERIES GAME
OF THRONES
**
Few books have captivated the imagination and won the devotion and
praise of readers and critics everywhere as has George R. R. Martin's
monumental epic cycle of high fantasy that began with A Game of
Thrones. Now, in A Feast for Crows, Martin delivers the long-awaited
fourth book of his landmark series, as a kingdom torn asunder finds
itself at last on the brink of peace . . . only to be launched on an
even more terrifying course of destruction.
A Feast for Crows
It seems too good to be true. After centuries of bitter strife and fatal
treachery, the seven powers dividing the land have decimated one another
into an uneasy truce. Or so it appears. . . . With the death of the
monstrous King Joffrey, Cersei is ruling as regent in King's Landing.
Robb Stark's demise has broken the back of the Northern rebels, and his
siblings are scattered throughout the kingdom like seeds on barren soil.
Few legitimate claims to the once desperately sought Iron Throne still
exist--or they are held in hands too weak or too distant to wield them
effectively. The war, which raged out of control for so long, has burned
itself out.
But as in the aftermath of any climactic struggle, it is not long before
the survivors, outlaws, renegades, and carrion eaters start to gather,
picking over the bones of the dead and fighting for the spoils of the
soon-to-be dead. Now in the Seven Kingdoms, as the human crows assemble
over a banquet of ashes, daring new plots and dangerous new alliances
are formed, while surprising faces--some familiar, others only just
appearing--are seen emerging from an ominous twilight of past struggles
and chaos to take up the challenges ahead.
It is a time when the wise and the ambitious, the deceitful and the
strong will acquire the skills, the power, and the magic to survive the
stark and terrible times that lie before them. It is a time for nobles
and commoners, soldiers and sorcerers, assassins and sages to come
together and stake their fortunes . . . and their lives. For at a feast
for crows, many are the guests--but only a few are the survivors.
