![]() Just read the damn books over and over again while you wait for the next book or read something else. Yes, these volumes are large and intimidating, but A Song of Ice and Fire is one of the best fantasy series that I've ever read.Īnd don't give me that, "I want to wait until Martin is done writing the series." nonsense. If you are wondering about the look of concentration on my face and the strange little dance that I'm doing, that would just be me kicking myself in the ass for not picking up these books sooner. You can read my review of book one, A Game of Thrones, HERE. For when rulers clash, all of the land feels the tremors.Īudacious, inventive, brilliantly imagined, A Clash of Kings is a novel of dazzling beauty and boundless enchantment-a tale of pure excitement you will never forget. And the spoils of victory may just go to the men and women possessed of the coldest steel. Here a princess masquerades as an orphan boy a knight of the mind prepares a poison for a treacherous sorceress and wild men descend from the Mountains of the Moon to ravage the countryside.Īgainst a backdrop of incest and fratricide, alchemy and murder, the price of glory may be measured in blood. It is a tale in which maidens cavort with madmen, brother plots against brother, and the dead rise to walk in the night. And a continent away, an exiled queen, the Mother of Dragons, risks everything to lead her precious brood across a hard hot desert to win back the crown that is rightfully hers.Ī Clash of Kings transports us into a magnificent, forgotten land of revelry and revenge, wizardry and warfare. Robert’s two brothers each seek their own dominion, while a disfavored house turns once more to conquest. In the south, Joffrey, the heir apparent, rules in name only, victim of the scheming courtiers who teem over King’s Landing. Eddard’s son Robb has declared himself King in the North. Now, from the ancient citadel of Dragonstone to the forbidding shores of Winterfell, chaos reigns, as pretenders to the Iron Throne of the Seven Kingdoms prepare to stake their claims through tempest, turmoil, and war.Īs a prophecy of doom cuts across the sky-a comet the color of blood and flame-six factions struggle for control of a divided land. Two great leaders-Lord Eddard Stark and Robert Baratheon-who held sway over an age of enforced peace are dead.victims of royal treachery. The summer of peace and plenty, ten years long, is drawing to a close, and the harsh, chill winter approaches like an angry beast. Now, in the eagerly awaited second volume in this epic saga, he once again proves himself a master myth-maker, setting a standard against which all other fantasy novels will be measured for years to come. In his widely acclaimed A Game of Thrones, he introduced us to an extraordinary world of wonder, intrigue, and adventure. Martin, a writer of unsurpassed vision, power, and imagination, has created a landmark of fantasy fiction. Title: A Clash of Kings (A Song of Ice and Fire #2)
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