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A Clash of Kings: Book 2 of A Song of Ice and Fire (Song of Ice & Fire) Book

George R.R. Martin writes sword-and-sorcery which concentrates on the swords. A Clash of Kings is the second volume of A Song of Ice and Fire, the sequence which began with A Game of Thrones and will take another four volumes to complete. The Seven Kingdoms are divided by revolt and blood feud; beyond their Northern borders, the men of the Night Watch fight the coming of a great cold and the walking corpses that travel with it; on the other side of the ocean, the last of the Kingdom's deposed ruling house mourns her horseclan husband and rears the dragonlets she hatched from his funeral pyre. This is character-driven fantasy--we see most events through the eyes of the sons and daughters of the Stark family, the once and future Kings of the North, whose father's judicial murder started the war. Martin avoids the cosy Californian cheeriness of many epic fantasies in favour of a sense of the squalor and grandeur of high medieval life; there is passion here, and misery and charm--and a profound sense of moral ambiguity as we learn to like the Richard III figure in this epic as much as the more virtuous Starks. --Roz KaveneyRead More

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    A beautifully presented slipcased edition of A Clash of King's the second 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 Iron Throne once united the Sunset Lands but King Robert is dead his widow is a traitor to his memory and his surviving brothers are set on a path of war amongst themselves. At King's Landing the head of Lord Eddard Stark rots on a spike for all to see. His daughter Sansa is betrothed still to his killer's son Joffrey -- Queen Cersei's son though not the son of her late husband Robert. Even so Joffrey is now a boy-king Cersei is his regent and war is inevitable. In Dragonstone Robert's brother Stannis has declared himself king while his other brother Renly proclaims himself king at Storm's End -- and Eddard Stark's fifteen year old son Robb wears the crown of the north at Winterfell. A comet in the night sky red and malevolent the colour of blood and flame can only be an omen of murder and war. Stannis's child Princess Shireen dreams of dragons waking from stone.And a white raven has brought word from the Citadel itself foretelling summer's end. It has been the longest summer in living memory lasting ten years and the smallfolk say it means an even longer winter to come! The first rule of war is never give the enemy his wish. But winter will be the biggest enemy. From beyond the Wall the undead and Others clamour for freedom and from beyond the sea the long-dead Dragon King's daughter hatches her revenge. Robb Stark will be exceedingly lucky to reach adulthood.

  • 0007456344
  • 9780007456345
  • George R. R. Martin
  • 29 September 2011
  • Harper Voyager
  • Hardcover (Book)
  • 752
  • Slipcase edition
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