A Game of Thrones (Hardback reissue) (A Song of Ice and Fire, Book 1) Book

The first volume in the greatest epic work of the modern age. Released for the first time since 1996 at the request of fans in brand-new series style hardback. Kings and queens knights and renegades liars lords and honest men. All will play the Game of Thrones. A major HBO series starring Sean Bean and a stellar cast. Summers span decades. Winter can last a lifetime. And the struggle for the Iron Throne has begun. It will stretch from the south where heat breeds plot lust and intrigues; to the vast frozen north where a 700-foot wall of ice protects the kingdom from the dark forces that lie beyond. As Warden of the North Lord Eddard Stark counts it a curse when King Robert bestows on him the office of the Hand. His honour weighs him down at court where a true man does what he will not what he must!and a dead enemy is a thing of beauty. The old gods have no power in the south Stark's family is split and there is treachery at court. Worse a vengeance-mad boy has grown to maturity in exile in the Free Cities beyond the sea. Heir of the mad Dragon King deposed by Robert he claims the Iron Throne. In the game of thrones you win or you die.Read More