A Game of Thrones

by Martin, George R. R.; Dotrice, Roy

• ISBN13: 9780553528725
• ISBN10: 0553528726
• Edition: Abridged
• Format: Audio CD
• Copyright: 2002-02-01
• Publisher: Random House

Summary

Long ago, in a time forgotten, a preternatural event threw the seasons out of balance. In a land where summers can last decades and winters last a lifetime, trouble is brewing. The cold is returning, and in the frozen wastes to the north of Winterfell, sinister forces are amassing beyond the kingdom's protective Wall. To the south, the king's powers are failing: his most trusted advisor dead under mysterious circumstances and his enemies emerging from the shadows of the throne. At the center of the conflict lie the Starks of Winterfell, a family as harsh and unyielding as the frozen land they were born to. Now, Lord Eddard Stark is reluctantly summoned to serve as the king's new Hand, an appointment that threatens to sunder not only his family, but also the kingdom itself.

Sweeping from a harsh land of cold to a summertime kingdom of epicurean plenty, "A Game of Thrones" tells a tale of lords and ladies, soldiers and sorcerers, assassins and bastards who come together in a time of grim omens. Here, an enigmatic band of warriors bears swords of no human metal,