A Game of Thrones / A Clash of Kings

Two eBooks in one! A writer of unparalleled vision, strength, and inventiveness, George R. R. Martin has left a legacy of fantasy literature. This eBook version unites his two epic masterpieces, A Game of Thrones and A Clash of Kings. A Game of Thrones is a story of lords and women, warriors and sorcerers, assassins and bastards who join together in a time of dark omens. It sweeps from a harsh realm of ice to a summery kingdom of epicurean wealth. Here, a child is lost in the twilight between life and death, a cruel young dragon prince barters his sister to regain his throne, a determined woman embarks on a perilous journey to protect everything she holds dear, and an enigmatic band of warriors wield swords made of no human metal. The destiny of the Starks is dangerously in jeopardy as both sides try to win the deadliest of games: the game of thrones, amid schemes and counterplots, tragedy and treachery, triumph and fear, friends and foes. He demonstrates his skill as a great myth-maker once again in the much anticipated second volume of this epic narrative, creating a bar that will be raised for years to come for all fantasy books. The clock is broken. Ten years of peace and abundance are coming to an end, and the chilly, hard winter is coming on like a ferocious beast. Two legendary figures who ruled over a period of imposed peace, Lord Eddard Stark and Robert Baratheon, are now dead—victims of royal betrayal. Chaos now rules everywhere, from the venerable stronghold of Dragonstone to the ominous beaches of Winterfell, as contenders to the Seven Kingdoms' Iron Throne are ready to establish their claims by upheaval, conflict, and violence. Six tribes fight for control of a divided kingdom as a portent of doom—a comet the color of blood and flame—cuts across the sky. Robb, the son of Eddard, has crowned himself king of the North. The heir apparent Joffrey governs in name only in the south, where he is subjugated by the cunning courtiers who prowl King's Landing. Two of Robert's brothers pursue their own hegemony, while a family that is despised once again goes to conquest. And across a continent, the Mother of Dragons, an exiled queen, sacrifices all to guide her priceless offspring across a harsh, scorching desert in order to reclaim her rightful place as monarch. We are taken to a wonderful, long-forgotten country of festivity and retaliation, magic and combat, in A Clash of Kings. In this story, brothers scheme against one another, maidens engage in combat with lunatics, and the dead come back to haunt the night. Here, a knight of the mind concocts a poison for a cunning sorceress; a princess assumes the disguise of an orphan boy; and wild men emerge from the Mountains of the Moon to terrorize the surrounding area. In a world of alchemy and murder, incest and fratricide, the cost of grandeur may be measured in blood. The men and women with the coldest steel... and coldest hearts could just take home the prizes of victory. Because there are earthquakes across the whole country when rulers conflict. Audacious, inventive, brilliantly imagined, A Clash of Kings is a novel of dazzling beauty and boundless enchantment--a tale of pure excitement you will never forget.