"I'm taking men and boys from the city," Yoren growled as the sharp steel scrapedĪt her head. She remembered how the breeze sent the fistfuls of dirty brown hair skittering across the paving stones, toward the sept where her father had died. Only held her tight, sawing through her mats and tangles with his dagger. When Yoren had dragged her into that alley she'd thought he meant to kill her, but the sour old man had For when rulers clash, all of the land feels the tremors.Īt Winterfell they had called her "Arya Horseface" and she'd thought nothing could be worse, but that was before the orphan boy Lommy Greenhands had named her "Lumpyhead." And the spoils of victory may just go to the men and women possessed of the coldest steel. 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.Īgainst a backdrop of incest and fratricide, alchemy and murder, the price of glory may be measured in blood. 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. The summer of peace and plenty, ten years long, is drawing to a close, and the harsh, chill winter approaches like an angry beast.
With a special foreword by Bernard Cornwell Cannon, both color and black-and-white, bringing glorious new life to this modern classic. Martin’s landmark series, this gorgeously illustrated special edition of A Clash of Kings features over twenty all-new illustrations from Lauren K.
A stunning illustrated edition of the second book in the beloved A Song of Ice and Fire series, for fans of HBO's Game of ThronesĬontinuing the celebration of the twentieth anniversary of George R. A stunning illustrated edition of the second book in the beloved A Song of Ice and Fire series, for fans of HBO's Game of Thrones, published in celebration of the twentieth anniversary of the book.
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