George RR Martin A Song of Ice & Fire 6 Books Set A Game of Thrones Box Set Description by Single titles 1 A dance with dragons In the aftermath of a colossal battle the future of the Seven Kingdoms hangs in the balance once againbeset by newly emerging threats from every direction In the east Daenerys Targaryen the last scion of House Targaryen rules with her three dragons as queen of a city built on dust & death But Daenerys has three times three thousand enemies & many have set out to find her Yet as they gather one young man embarks upon his own quest for the queen with an entirely different goal in mind To the north lies the mammoth Wall of ice & stonea structure only as strong as those guarding it There Jon Snow 998th Lord Commander of the Nights Watch will face his greatest challenge yet For he has powerful foes not only within the Watch but also beyond in the land of the creatures of ice 2 A Game of Thrones First volume of a brilliant new fantasy trilogy the most powerful original & absorbing new epic since Stephen Donaldsons Chronicles of Thomas Covenant The first volume of George R R Martins glorious high fantasy tells the tragic story of treachery greed & war that threatens the unity of the Seven Kingdoms south of the Wall Martin unfolds with astonishing skill a tale of truly epic
Dimensions thronged with memorable characters a story of treachery & ambition love & magic Set in a fabulous world scarred by battle & catastrophe over 8000 years of recorded history it tells of the deeds of men & women locked in the deadliest of conflicts & the terrible legacy they will leave their children In the game of thrones you win or you die & in the bittercold unliving lands beyond the Wall a terrible winter gathers & the others the undead the neverborn wildlings to whom the threat of the sword is nothing make ready to descend on the realms of men A Game of Thrones begins the most imaginative ambitious & compelling fantasy epic since The Lord of the Rings Thronged with memorable characters it unfolds with astonishing skill a tale of truly epic
Dimensions There have been many pretenders to the throne of Tolkien now at last he has a true heir 3 A Clash of Kings A comet the color of blood & flame cuts across the sky & from the ancient citadel of Dragonstone to the forbidding shores of Winterfell chaos reigns Six factions struggle for control of a divided land & the Iron Throne of the Seven Kingdoms preparing to stake their claims through tempest turmoil & war It is a tale in which brother plots against brother & the dead rise to walk in the night Here a princess masquerades as an orphan boy a knight of the mind prepares a poison for a treacherous sorceress & wild men descend from the Mountains of the Moon to ravage the countryside Against a backdrop of incest & fratricide alchemy & murder victory may go to the men & women possessed of the coldest steeland the coldest hearts For when kings clash the whole land trembles 4 A Storm of Swords nbsp Part 1nbsp STEEL & SNOW The Seven Kingdoms are divided by revolt & blood feud In the northern wastes a horde of hungry savage people steeped in the dark magic of the wilderness is poised to invade the Kingdom of the North where Robb Stark wears his newforged crown & Robbs defences are ranged against the South the land of the cunning & cruel Lannisters who have his younger sisters in their power Throughout Westeros the war for the Iron Throne rages more fiercely than ever but if the Wall is breached no king will live to claim it 5nbsp A Storm of Swords nbsp Part nbsp 2 BLOOD & GOLD Robb Stark may be King in the North but he must bend to the will of the old tyrant Walder Frey if he is to hold his crown & while his youngest sister Arya has escaped the clutches of the depraved Cersei Lannister & her son the capricious boyking Joffrey Sansa Stark remains their captive Meanwhile across the ocean Daenerys Stormborn the last heir of the Dragon King delivers death to the slavetrading cities of Astapor & Yunkai as she approaches Westeros with vengeance in her heart 6 A Feast for Crows The fourth volume in the hugely popular & highly acclaimed epic fantasy There is passion here & misery & charm grandeur & squalor tragedy nobility & courage Bloodthirsty treacherous & cunning the Lannisters are in power on the Iron Throne in the name of the boyking Tommen But fear & deceit a...