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  • 异乡人

    作者:[美] 戴安娜·加瓦尔东

    【女性版冰与火之歌】 穿越×言情×历史×奇幻×冒险,跨类型浪漫史诗巨作 全球畅销二十余年,出版三十多个语种 美国Starz巨资改编同名美剧火热上映,全球数亿粉丝紧守屏幕 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 内容简介: 1945年,参加过第二次世界大战的英国女护士克莱尔与丈夫弗兰克在苏格兰度蜜月,不经意间触碰古老的巨石阵,穿越到两百年前的苏格兰高地,成为时空中的异乡人。冷酷的英格兰龙骑兵队长怀疑她是间谍,剽悍的林中土匪把她当成法国妓女,命悬一线之际,一名苏格兰武士挺身而出!为了生存下去,无助的她与谜一样的武士詹米立誓成婚。一对被监视的新郎和新娘,在古老城堡、乡间旅店、山巅石阵、荒野林地中,一寸寸摸索对方,揭开彼此隐晦莫深的秘密…… 身体、欲望、短剑、战斗、阴谋,时空交错出奇伟又令人心碎的命运。 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 系列简介: OUTLANDER系列是融合穿越、言情、历史、奇幻、冒险等元素的跨类型浪漫史诗,被誉为“女性版冰与火之歌”。整个系列围绕一对经过时间穿越相遇的爱人展开,同时以写实、细腻的笔法描绘18世纪的苏格兰高地战争、大革命时期的法国宫廷斗争、独立战争时期的北美等宏大的历史背景。 从1991年第一部面世以来,已经陆续出版了八部长篇小说,分别是《异乡人》(Outlander)、《琥珀蜻蜓》(Dragonfly in Amber)、《远行者》(Voyager)、《秋之鼓》(Drums of Autumn)、《烈火十字》(The Fiery Cross)、《雪尘的呼吸》(A Breath of Snow and Ashes)、《骨头中的回响》(An Echo in the Bone)和《沥血篇章》(Written in My Own Heart's Blood)。 系列在全球畅销二十余年,已出版三十多个语种,横扫美、英、加、澳、德等多国图书排行榜,并且荣获了有“出版界奥斯卡奖”之称的鹅毛笔奖、浪漫时代生涯成就奖、RITA年度小说作家奖等多个奖项。此外,还被改编为连环画、主题唱片和电视剧。2014年美国电视巨头Starz巨资改编的第一季美剧首演,掀起新一波Outlander旋风,2016年春季第二季开播,全球数亿粉丝紧守荧幕。
  • 冰與火之歌四部曲·群鴉盛宴(下)

    作者:(美)喬治‧馬汀

    作為這個系列作品的第四部,《群鴉盛宴》依舊繼承了冰與火之歌恢宏的結構與龐大的世界觀,卻具體將前三部曲中的疑點一一提出,不啻是這系列目前為止最為精采的一部! 在本書的一開始,塔斯的布琳正在尋找凱特琳夫人的女兒們,瑟曦太后變得喪心病狂,艾莉亞正在接受布拉佛西一位遮住臉的神祕怪客的訓練;以這三個人的故事為主軸,開展了一篇蕩氣迴腸的冒險之旅。 當然,我們也可看到前三部曲中出現過的老面孔:瓊恩‧雪諾、泰溫‧蘭尼斯特、丹妮麗絲‧坦格利安等露臉;雖短暫有如驚鴻一瞥,不過我們會在第五部曲時再見到他們。(第四部曲與第五部曲原是一書,但由於篇牘過於長大,作者不得已將它拆作二書。)
  • A Storm of Swords

    作者:George R.R. Martin

    《冰与火之歌》英国版 Split into two books for the paperback, the third volume in George R.R. Martin's superb and highly acclaimed epic fantasy A Song of Ice and Fire continues the richest, most exotic and mesmerising saga since The Lord of the Rings. 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. Robb Stark wears his new-forged crown in the Kingdom of the North, but his 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. And 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.
  • A Clash of Kings

    作者:George R.R. Martin

    In this eagerly awaited sequel to A Game of Thrones, George R. R. Martin has created a work of unsurpassed vision, power, and imagination. A Clash of Kings transports us to a world of revelry and revenge, wizardry and warfare unlike any you have ever experienced. A comet the color of blood and flame cuts across the sky. And from the ancient citadel of Dragonstone to the forbidding shores of Winterfell, chaos reigns. Six factions struggle for control of a divided land and the Iron Throne of the Seven Kingdoms, preparing to stake their claims through tempest, turmoil, and war. It is a tale in which brother plots against brother and the dead rise to walk in the night. Here a princess masquerades as an orphan boy; a knight of the mind prepares a poison for a treacherous sorceress; and wild men descend from the Mountains of the Moon to ravage the countryside. Against a backdrop of incest and fratricide, alchemy and murder, victory may go to the men and women possessed of the coldest steel...and the coldest hearts. For when kings clash, the whole land trembles.
  • The Hedge Knight

    作者:George R. R. Martin,

  • 冰與火之歌四部曲·群鴉盛宴(上)

    作者:(美)喬治‧馬汀

    作為這個系列作品的第四部,《群鴉盛宴》依舊繼承了冰與火之歌恢宏的結構與龐大的世界觀,卻具體將前三部曲中的疑點一一提出,不啻是這系列目前為止最為精采的一部! 在本書的一開始,塔斯的布琳正在尋找凱特琳夫人的女兒們,瑟曦太后變得喪心病狂,艾莉亞正在接受布拉佛西一位遮住臉的神祕怪客的訓練;以這三個人的故事為主軸,開展了一篇蕩氣迴腸的冒險之旅。 當然,我們也可看到前三部曲中出現過的老面孔:瓊恩‧雪諾、泰溫‧蘭尼斯特、丹妮麗絲‧坦格利安等露臉;雖短暫有如驚鴻一瞥,不過我們會在第五部曲時再見到他們。(第四部曲與第五部曲原是一書,但由於篇牘過於長大,作者不得已將它拆作二書。)
  • 冰與火之歌四部曲·群鴉盛宴(中)

    作者:(美)喬治‧馬汀

    作為這個系列作品的第四部,《群鴉盛宴》依舊繼承了冰與火之歌恢宏的結構與龐大的世界觀,卻具體將前三部曲中的疑點一一提出,不啻是這系列目前為止最為精采的一部! 在本書的一開始,塔斯的布琳正在尋找凱特琳夫人的女兒們,瑟曦太后變得喪心病狂,艾莉亞正在接受布拉佛西一位遮住臉的神祕怪客的訓練;以這三個人的故事為主軸,開展了一篇蕩氣迴腸的冒險之旅。 當然,我們也可看到前三部曲中出現過的老面孔:瓊恩‧雪諾、泰溫‧蘭尼斯特、丹妮麗絲‧坦格利安等露臉;雖短暫有如驚鴻一瞥,不過我們會在第五部曲時再見到他們。(第四部曲與第五部曲原是一書,但由於篇牘過於長大,作者不得已將它拆作二書。)
  • A Dance with Dragons

    作者:Martin, George R.R.

    1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A SONG OF ICE AND FIRE: BOOK FIVE In the aftermath of a colossal battle, Daenerys Targaryen rules with her three dragons as queen of a city built on dust and death. But Daenerys has thousands of enemies, and many have set out to find her. Fleeing from Westeros with a price on his head, Tyrion Lannister, too, is making his way east—with new allies who may not be the ragtag band they seem. And in the frozen north, Jon Snow confronts creatures from beyond the Wall of ice and stone, and powerful foes from within the Night’s Watch. In a time of rising restlessness, the tides of destiny and politics lead a grand cast of outlaws and priests, soldiers and skinchangers, nobles and slaves, to the greatest dance of all. Don’t miss the thrilling sneak peek of George R. R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire: Book Six, The Winds of Winter
  • A Feast for Crows

    作者:George R. R. Martin

    Few books have captivated the imagination and won the devotion and praise of readers and critics everywhere as has George R. R. Martin’s monumental epic cycle of high fantasy. Now, in A Feast for Crows, Martin delivers the long-awaited fourth book of his landmark series, as a kingdom torn asunder finds itself at last on the brink of peace...only to be launched on an even more terrifying course of destruction. A Feast for Crows It seems too good to be true. After centuries of bitter strife and fatal treachery, the seven powers dividing the land have decimated one another into an uneasy truce. Or so it appears....With the death of the monstrous King Joffrey, Cersei is ruling as regent in King’s Landing. Robb Stark’s demise has broken the back of the Northern rebels, and his siblings are scattered throughout the kingdom like seeds on barren soil. Few legitimate claims to the once desperately sought Iron Throne still exist—or they are held in hands too weak or too distant to wield them effectively. The war, which raged out of control for so long, has burned itself out. But as in the aftermath of any climactic struggle, it is not long before the survivors, outlaws, renegades, and carrion eaters start to gather, picking over the bones of the dead and fighting for the spoils of the soon-to-be dead. Now in the Seven Kingdoms, as the human crows assemble over a banquet of ashes, daring new plots and dangerous new alliances are formed, while surprising faces—some familiar, others only just appearing—are seen emerging from an ominous twilight of past struggles and chaos to take up the challenges ahead. It is a time when the wise and the ambitious, the deceitful and the strong will acquire the skills, the power, and the magic to survive the stark and terrible times that lie before them. It is a time for nobles and commoners, soldiers and sorcerers, assassins and sages to come together and stake their fortunes...and their lives. For at a feast for crows, many are the guests—but only a few are the survivors.
  • A Feast for Crows (A Song of Ice and Fire, Book 4)

    作者:George R. R. Martin

    《冰与火之歌》英国版 This work continues the most ambitious and imaginative epic fantasy since "The Lord of the Rings". Bloodthirsty, treacherous and cunning, the Lannisters are in power on the Iron Throne in the name of the boy-king Tommen. But fear and deceit are in the air: their enemies are poised to strike. The Martells of Dorne seek vengeance for their dead, and the heir of King Balon of the Iron Isles, Euron Crow's Eye, is as black a pirate as ever raised a sail. Across the war-torn landscape of the Seven Kingdoms, Brienne the Beauty (thus named in mockery of her great size and strength) seeks for Sansa Stark, having vowed to protect Sansa from the wrath of Queen Cersei, Tommen's power-hungry mother. Meanwhile apprentice Maester, Samwell Tarly brings a mysterious babe in arms south to the Citadel from the cruel frozen north where the sinister Others threaten the Wall! "A Feast for Crows" brings to life dark magic, complex political intrigue and horrific bloodshed. Against a backdrop of incest and fratricide, alchemy and murder, victory may go to the men and women possessed of the coldest steel and the coldest hearts.
  • A Song of Ice and Fire - A Game of Thrones

    作者:George R. R. Martin

    George R.R. Martin's A SONG OF ICE AND FIRE -- the story so far. The greatest epic work of the modern age is now available in a collectible box set. A GAME OF THRONES has been adapted into a hit HBO original series. George R.R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire series has set the benchmark for contemporary epic fantasy. Labelled by Time magazine as one of the top 100 most influential people in the world, Martin has conjured a world as complex and vibrant as that of J.R.R. Tolkien's, populated by a huge cast of fascinating, complex characters, and boasting a history that stretches back twelve thousand years. Three great storylines weave through the books, charting the civil war for control of the Seven Kingdoms; the defence of the towering Wall of ice in the uttermost north against the unearthly threat of the Others; and across the Narrow Sea the rise to power of Daenerys Targaryen and the last live dragons in the world. The HBO adaption of A Game of Thrones is currently airing worldwide and has already proved so popular that a second season has been commissioned. The box set includes: A GAME OF THRONES A CLASH OF KINGS A STORM OF SWORDS, 1: STEEL AND SNOW A STORM OF SWORDS, 2: BLOOD AND GOLD A FEAST FOR CROWS
  • A Clash of Kings

    作者:George R.R. Martin

    《冰与火之歌》英国版 George R. R. Martin's superb fantasy epic continues in consummate style as bloodshed and alchemy lay waste the Seven Kingdoms in the second volume of A Song of Ice and Fire. 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.
  • A Game of Thrones

    作者:George R.R. Martin

    First volume of a brilliant new fantasy trilogy: the most powerful, original and absorbing new epic since Stephen Donaldson's Chronicles of Thomas Covenant. The first volume of George R R Martin's glorious high fantasy tells the tragic story of treachery, greed and war that threatens the unity of the Seven Kingdoms south of the Wall. Martin unfolds with astonishing skill a tale of truly epic dimensions, thronged with memorable characters, a story of treachery and ambition, love and magic. Set in a fabulous world scarred by battle and catastrophe over 8000 years of recorded history, it tells of the deeds of men and women locked in the deadliest of conflicts and the terrible legacy they will leave their children. In the game of thrones, you win or you die. And in the bitter-cold, unliving lands beyond the Wall, a terrible winter gathers and the others -- the undead, the neverborn, wildlings to whom the threat of the sword is nothing -- make ready to descend on the realms of men. A Game of Thrones begins the most imaginative, ambitious and compelling fantasy epic since The Lord of the Rings. Thronged with memorable characters, it unfolds with astonishing skill a tale of truly epic dimensions. There have been many pretenders to the throne of Tolkien: now at last he has a true heir.
  • A Game of Thrones

    作者:George R.R. Martin

    《冰与火之歌》英国版 First volume of a brilliant new fantasy trilogy: the most powerful, original and absorbing new epic since Stephen Donaldson's Chronicles of Thomas Covenant. The first volume of George R R Martin's glorious high fantasy tells the tragic story of treachery, greed and war that threatens the unity of the Seven Kingdoms south of the Wall. Martin unfolds with astonishing skill a tale of truly epic dimensions, thronged with memorable characters, a story of treachery and ambition, love and magic. Set in a fabulous world scarred by battle and catastrophe over 8000 years of recorded history, it tells of the deeds of men and women locked in the deadliest of conflicts and the terrible legacy they will leave their children. In the game of thrones, you win or you die. And in the bitter-cold, unliving lands beyond the Wall, a terrible winter gathers and the others -- the undead, the neverborn, wildlings to whom the threat of the sword is nothing -- make ready to descend on the realms of men. A Game of Thrones begins the most imaginative, ambitious and compelling fantasy epic since The Lord of the Rings. Thronged with memorable characters, it unfolds with astonishing skill a tale of truly epic dimensions. There have been many pretenders to the throne of Tolkien: now at last he has a true heir.
  • A Feast for Crows

    作者:George R.R. Martin

    Few books have captivated the imagination and won the devotion and praise of readers and critics everywhere as has George R. R. Martin’s monumental epic cycle of high fantasy. Now, in A Feast for Crows, Martin delivers the long-awaited fourth book of his landmark series, as a kingdom torn asunder finds itself at last on the brink of peace...only to be launched on an even more terrifying course of destruction. A Feast for Crows It seems too good to be true. After centuries of bitter strife and fatal treachery, the seven powers dividing the land have decimated one another into an uneasy truce. Or so it appears....With the death of the monstrous King Joffrey, Cersei is ruling as regent in King’s Landing. Robb Stark’s demise has broken the back of the Northern rebels, and his siblings are scattered throughout the kingdom like seeds on barren soil. Few legitimate claims to the once desperately sought Iron Throne still exist—or they are held in hands too weak or too distant to wield them effectively. The war, which raged out of control for so long, has burned itself out. But as in the aftermath of any climactic struggle, it is not long before the survivors, outlaws, renegades, and carrion eaters start to gather, picking over the bones of the dead and fighting for the spoils of the soon-to-be dead. Now in the Seven Kingdoms, as the human crows assemble over a banquet of ashes, daring new plots and dangerous new alliances are formed, while surprising faces—some familiar, others only just appearing—are seen emerging from an ominous twilight of past struggles and chaos to take up the challenges ahead. It is a time when the wise and the ambitious, the deceitful and the strong will acquire the skills, the power, and the magic to survive the stark and terrible times that lie before them. It is a time for nobles and commoners, soldiers and sorcerers, assassins and sages to come together and stake their fortunes...and their lives. For at a feast for crows, many are the guests—but only a few are the survivors. From the Hardcover edition.
  • HBO权力的游戏官方指南:幕后及艺术设定 卷1

    作者:(美)布莱恩·考格曼,(美)大卫·贝尼奥

    《权力的游戏》系列剧集是HBO史上收视率最高的剧集。《HBO权力的游戏官方指南:幕后及艺术设定》给了粉丝们进入那个虚拟世界的机会,去寻找更多有关他们所喜爱或憎恶的角色、令人震惊的剧情。《HBO权力的游戏官方指南:幕后及艺术设定》内含几百套珍贵幕后图片、道具设定图、服装设定图、故事板,还有剧集缔造者们如何将乔治 R·R·马丁在超级畅销系列小说《冰与火之歌》中的虚拟世界搬上荧幕,给观众们呈现了那片发生了无数精彩故事的维斯特洛大陆。《HBO权力的游戏官方指南:幕后及艺术设定》还收录了对主要演员以及主创的专访,捕捉并记录到了那些按照剧本设定或临场发挥的最佳时刻。乔治 R·R·马丁为本书做序。《HBO权力的游戏官方指南:幕后及艺术设定》是限量豪华精装版,它值得所有热爱这部史无前例剧集的人珍藏!
  • 《冰与火之歌》粉丝升级手册

    作者:[美]威廉姆·艾云(William Ir

    史上投资最多的剧集,作者大牌云集的一本剧情解密书 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 七大王国进入了全面战争状态; 绝境长城以北,凛冬的恐怖正在降临; 而在世界的另一端,一位年轻的女王正在重返家乡夺回王位的道路上与命运缠斗…… 如果有哪个故事是非常适于用哲学分析的话,那么乔治?马丁的《冰与火之歌》系列无疑就是这样的故事。在马丁的奇幻世界里——维斯特洛大陆和狭海彼岸充满了性格复杂的人物,他们在与自身和他人的不断冲突中,面临着自我怀疑、道德危机、欺骗、不确定、狂妄自大以及各种社会与政治上的动乱。我们造访了马基雅维利、霍布斯、笛卡尔、奥古斯丁、柏拉图、亚里士多德等伟大哲学家,通过他们的眼睛分析了小说中的关键人物和情节走向,并进一步探索了战争、荣誉、知识、道德、性别、政治等复杂深刻的主题。 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ “你不当赢家,就只有死路一条”,马基雅维利会如何参与这场权力的游戏?应由谁来统治七大王国? 艾德?史塔克和瑟曦?兰尼斯特能否用同一道德体系评价? 荣誉和美德是获得幸福的必经之路,还是阻碍获得幸福的绊脚石? 易形者、荒原狼和其他神奇生物能否为我们揭示关于意识和现实的真相? “你什么都不懂,琼恩?雪诺!”无论我们是否身处域外之地,我们也许都应具有认知上的谦虚? 预言是否证明我们只是命运的人质?还是说我们可以自由地过真实的生活? “为什么这世上充满不义之事?”如何解开恶之难题?
  • A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, Book 1)

    作者:George R.R. Martin

    First volume of a brilliant new fantasy trilogy: the most powerful, original and absorbing new epic since Stephen Donaldson's Chronicles of Thomas Covenant. The first volume of George R R Martin's glorious high fantasy tells the tragic story of treachery, greed and war that threatens the unity of the Seven Kingdoms south of the Wall. Martin unfolds with astonishing skill a tale of truly epic dimensions, thronged with memorable characters, a story of treachery and ambition, love and magic. Set in a fabulous world scarred by battle and catastrophe over 8000 years of recorded history, it tells of the deeds of men and women locked in the deadliest of conflicts and the terrible legacy they will leave their children. In the game of thrones, you win or you die. And in the bitter-cold, unliving lands beyond the Wall, a terrible winter gathers and the others -- the undead, the neverborn, wildlings to whom the threat of the sword is nothing -- make ready to descend on the realms of men. A Game of Thrones begins the most imaginative, ambitious and compelling fantasy epic since The Lord of the Rings. Thronged with memorable characters, it unfolds with astonishing skill a tale of truly epic dimensions. There have been many pretenders to the throne of Tolkien: now at last he has a true heir.
  • A Dance with Dragons

    作者:George R.R. Martin

    HBO's hit series A GAME OF THRONES is based on George R. R. Martin's internationally bestselling series A SONG OF ICE AND FIRE, the greatest fantasy epic of the modern age. A DANCE WITH DRAGONS is the fifth volume in the series. The future of the Seven Kingdoms hangs in the balance. In the east, Daenerys, last scion of House Targaryen, her dragons grown to terrifying maturity, rules as queen of a city built on dust and death, beset by enemies. Now that her whereabouts are known many are seeking Daenerys and her dragons. Among them the dwarf, Tyrion Lannister, who has escaped King's Landing with a price on his head, wrongfully condemned to death for the murder of his nephew, King Joffrey. But not before killing his hated father, Lord Tywin. To the north lies the great Wall of ice and stone - a structure only as strong as those guarding it. Eddard Stark's bastard son Jon Snow has been elected the 998th Lord Commander of the Night's Watch, but he has enemies both in the Watch and beyond the Wall, where the wildling armies are massing for an assault. On all sides bitter conflicts are reigniting, played out by a grand cast of outlaws and priests, soldiers and skinchangers, nobles and slaves. The tides of destiny will inevitably lead to the greatest dance of all...
  • A Storm of Swords

    作者:George R.R. Martin

    Rarely has there been a tale as gripping, or one as likely to seize the minds and hearts of a generation, as George R. R. Martin's epic high fantasy series. In A Game of Thrones, an ancient kingdom was torn by the ambitions of ruthless men and women; in A Clash of Kings, war, sorcery, and madness swept over the kingdom like a voracious beast of prey. Now, as the brutal struggle for power nears its tumultuous climax, the battered and divided kingdom faces its most terrifying invasion--one that is being spearheaded from beyond the grave.... 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. Filled with the stench of death and decay from the destructive dynastic war, Daenerys is gathering allies and strength for an assault on King's Landing, hoping to win back the crown she believes is rightfully hers. But as opposing forces maneuver for the final titanic showdown, an army of barbaric wildlings bent on overwhelming the Seven Kingdoms arrives from the outermost lineof civilization. In their vanguard is a horde of mythical Others--a supernatural army of the living dead whose animated corpses are unstoppable. And as the future of the land hangs in the balance, no one will rest in the quest for victory until the Seven Kingdoms have exploded in a veritable storm of swords....Brilliantly conceived and grand in scope, A Storm of Swords is the incredible tale of a world of harsh beauty and powerful magic, torn by treachery, ravaged by brutality, and consumed by greed and ambition. It portrays a war-torn landscape in which nobles and commoners, heroes and villains, the freeborn and the enslaved, all struggle to survive and to find their destinies...along with the dazzling bounty and wondrous enchantment that was once their birthright in the Seven Kingdoms.