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A Storm of Swords: Book 3 of A Song of Ice and Fire (Song of Fire & Ice 3) Book

The third volume of his six-volume fantasy epic "A Song of Ice and Fire", "A Storm of Swords" continues Martin's vigorous account of the civil wars which follow the death of King Robert--the usurper who deposed a dynasty gone mad and dangerous--and the judicial murder by his widow and heir of Ned Stark, the man who made him king. The surviving Stark children are scattered--Robb leading a revolt in the North; Arya learning hard lessons as she treks through the war zone; Sansa an observer of court intrigue; crippled Bran heading towards a sorcerous destiny; and Jon engaged in desperate defence of the ice-wall against barbarians and worse things. Daenerys, pretender and ruler of dragons, is building an empire elsewhere. Meanwhile, characters we have thought of as villains, notably Jaime Kingslayer, are developing belated consciences. Martin keeps on upping the ante of violence and betrayal in this compelling saga of a fantasy middle ages soiled with blood and mud; his economic use of magic and his fascination with complex characters make this the sword-and-sorcery series for people with adult taste. As the series proceeds, his writing gets ever leaner and sharper, the evocation of the magical ever more sinister. --Ros KaveneyRead More

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    A beautifully presented slipcased edition of A Storm of Swords the third volume in the hugely popular and highly acclaimed epic fantasy series A SONG OF ICE AND FIRE: the ultimate collector's item for any fan. Now a major Sky Atlantic TV series from HBO starring Sean Bean. The Seven Kingdoms are divided by revolt and blood feud and winter approaches like an angry beast. Beyond the Northern borders wildlings leave their villages to gather in the ice and stone wasteland of the Frostfangs. From there the renegade Brother Mance Rayder will lead them South towards the Wall. The men of the Night's Watch are ready for the coming of a great cold and the walking corpses that travel with it. But now they face a horde of wildlings twenty-thousand strong -- hungry savage people steeped in the dark magic of the haunted wilderness -- poised to invade the Kingdom of the North where Robb Stark wears his new-forged crown. But Robb's defences are ranged against attack from the South the land of House Stark's enemies the Lannisters.His sisters are trapped there dead or likely yet to die at the whim of the Lannister boy-king Joffrey or his depraved mother Cersei regent of the Iron Throne. Cersei's ambition is unfettered while the dwarf Tyrion Lannister fights for his life a victim of treachery. And on the other side of the ocean the last of the Targaryens rears the dragons she hatched from her husband's funeral pyre. Daenerys Stormborn will return to the land of her birth to avenge the murder of her father the last Dragon King on the Iron Throne.

  • 0007456352
  • 9780007456352
  • George R. R. Martin
  • 24 November 2011
  • Harper Voyager
  • Hardcover (Book)
  • 976
  • Slipcase edition
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