George R R Martin's epic fantasy masterwork A Game of Thrones is brought to life in the pages of this full-colour graphic novel This is the first volume in what is sure to be one of the most coveted collaborations of the year Now a major Sky Atlantic TV series from HBO featuring a stellar cast Winter is coming 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 There Eddard Stark of Winterfell rules in Robert's name There his family dwells in peace & comfort his proud wife Catelyn; his sons Robb Brandon & Rickon; his daughters Sansa & Arya; & his bastard son Jon Snow Far to the north behind the towering Wall lie savage Wildings & worse
- unnatural things relegated to myth during the centuries-long summer but proving all too real & all too deadly in the turning of the season Yet a more immediate threat lurks to the south where Jon Arryn the Hand of the King has died under mysterious circumstances Now Robert is riding north to Winterfell bringing his queen the lovely but cold Cersei his son the cruel vainglorious Prince Joffrey & the queen's brothers Jamie & Tyrion of the powerful & wealthy House Lannister
- the first a swordsman without equal the second a dwarf whose stunted stature belies a brilliant mind All are heading for Winterfell & a fateful encounter that will change the course of kingdoms 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