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A SONG OF ICE AND FIRE: BOOK THREE
Of the five contenders for power, one is dead, another in disfavor, and
still the wars rage, as alliances are made and broken. Joffrey sits on
the Iron Throne, the uneasy ruler of the Seven Kingdoms. His most bitter
rival, Lord Stannis, stands defeated and disgraced, victim of the
sorceress who holds him in her thrall. Young Robb still rules the North
from the fortress of Riverrun. Meanwhile, making her way across a
blood-drenched continent is the exiled queen, Daenerys, mistress of the
only three dragons left in the world. And as opposing forces maneuver
for the final showdown, an army of barbaric wildlings arrives from the
outermost limits of civilization, accompanied by a horde of mythical
Others--a supernatural army of the living dead whose animated corpses
are unstoppable. 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.
"Of those who work in the grand epic-fantasy tradition, [George R.
R.] Martin is by far the best. In fact . . . this is as good a time as
any to proclaim him the American Tolkien."--Time
"Long live George Martin . . . a literary dervish, enthralled by
complicated characters and vivid language, and bursting with the wild
vision of the very best tale tellers."--The New York Times
"One of the best series in the history of fantasy."--Los Angeles
Times
