From the Publisher
GAME OF THRONES: A NEW ORIGINAL SERIES, NOW ON HBO.
Here is the third volume in George R. R. Martin's magnificent cycle
of novels that includes A Game of Thrones and A Clash
of Kings. As a whole, this series comprises a genuine
masterpiece of modern fantasy, bringing together the best the genre
has to offer. Magic, mystery, intrigue, romance, and adventure fill
these pages and transport us to a world unlike any we have ever
experienced. Already hailed as a classic, George R. R. Martin's
stunning series is destined to stand as one of the great
achievements of imaginative fiction.
A STORM OF SWORDS
Of the five contenders for power, one is dead, another in
disfavor, and still the wars rage as violently as ever, as
alliances are made and broken. Joffrey, of House Lannister, sits on
the Iron Throne, the uneasy ruler of the land of the Seven
Kingdoms. His most bitter rival, Lord Stannis, stands defeated and
disgraced, the victim of the jealous sorceress who holds him in her
evil thrall. But young Robb, of House Stark, still rules the North
from the fortress of Riverrun. Robb plots against his despised
Lannister enemies, even as they hold his sister hostage at King's
Landing, the seat of the Iron Throne. Meanwhile, making her way
across a blood-drenched continent is the exiled queen, Daenerys,
mistress of the only three dragons still left in the world. . .
.
But as opposing forces maneuver for the final titanic showdown, an
army of barbaric wildlings arrives from the outermost line of
civilization. In their vanguard is 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. . .
From the Jacket
Here is the third volume in George R. R. Martin''s magnificent
cycle of novels that includes A Game of Thrones and A Clash of
Kings. As a whole, this series comprises a genuine masterpiece of
modern fantasy, bringing together the best the genre has to offer.
Magic, mystery, intrigue, romance, and adventure fill these pages
and transport us to a world unlike any we have ever experienced.
Already hailed as a classic, George R. R. Martin''s stunning series
is destined to stand as one of the great achievements of
imaginative fiction.
A Storm of Swords
Of the five contenders for power, one is dead, another in disfavor,
and still the wars rage as violently as ever, as alliances are made
and broken. Joffrey, of House Lannister, sits on the Iron Throne,
the uneasy ruler of the land of the Seven Kingdoms. His most bitter
rival, Lord Stannis, stands defeated and disgraced, the victim of
the jealous sorceress who holds him in her evil thrall. But young
Robb, of House Stark, still rules the North from the fortress of
Riverrun. Robb plots against his despised Lannister enemies, even
as they hold his sister hostage at King''s Landing, the seat of the
Iron Throne. Meanwhile, making her way across a blood-drenched
continent is the exiled queen, Daenerys, mistress of the only three
dragons still left in the world....
But as opposing forces maneuver for the final titanic showdown, an
army of barbaric wildlings arrives from the outermost line of
civilization. In their vanguard is 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 averitable
storm of swords. . .
About the Author
George R.R. Martin sold his first story in 1971 and has been
writing professionally since then. He spent ten years in Hollywood
as a writer-producer, working on The Twilight Zone, Beauty and
the Beast, and various feature films and television pilots
that were never made. In the mid '90s he returned to prose, his
first love, and began work on his epic fantasy series, A Song of
Ice and Fire. He has been in the Seven Kingdoms ever since.
Whenever he's allowed to leave, he returns to Santa Fe, New Mexico,
where he lives with the lovely Parris, and two cats named Augustus
and Caligula, who think they run the place.
Mass Market Paperbound
March 4, 2003
Random House Publishing Group
English
055357342X
9780553573428