Fire and Blood
The inspiration for HBO’s House of the Dragon
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4.2 • 362 Ratings
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Publisher Description
THE INSPIRATION FOR HBO AND SKY TV’S EMMY NOMINATED HOUSE OF THE DRAGON.
Centuries before A Game of Thrones, an even greater game began, one that set the skies alight with dragon flame and saw the Seven Kingdoms turned to ash.
So began the Targaryens’ bloody rule, with fire and blood. Setting brother against brother, mother against daughter, and dragon against dragon.
Chronicled by a learned maester of the Citadel, this thrilling and bloody history of Westeros tells the story of where the battle for the Iron Throne began…
Reviews
‘A masterpiece’
SUNDAY TIMES
‘An epic take, viewed from soaring heights’
DAILY MAIL
‘A feast of pure imagination’
SFX
‘The sheer detail of the richly layered world [Martin] has created is astonishing, with narrative twists and turns aplenty’
SUNDAY EXPRESS
PRAISE FOR A SONG OF ICE AND FIRE:
‘Of those who work in the grand epic fantasy tradition, Martin is by far the best’
TIME MAGAZINE
‘Colossal, staggering…Martin captures all the intoxicating complexity of the Wars of the Roses or Imperial Rome’
SFX
‘Martin’s style is so vivid that you will be hooked within a few pages’
THE TIMES
‘I always expect the best from George R.R. Martin and he always delivers’
ROBERT JORDAN
About the author
George R.R. Martin is the #1 New York Times best-selling author of many novels, including those of the acclaimed series A SONG OF ICE AND FIRE – now adapted as the worldwide television phenomenon GAME OF THRONES. He lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Customer Reviews
Just brilliant
This is a fantastic book. I was wary at first, given that I knew the book was written as a sort of fictional history. I worried that it would read like a simple chronicle of events, but it doesn’t. It’s full of life, and character and plot. Surely, it reads differently than a ‘normal’ novel, and you don’t get the internal monologue of the ASOIaF series, but it doesn’t matter. This style works. It reminds me a bit of the Chinese classics, particularly Romance of the Three Kingdoms. I’m sure there are probably western works more closely comparable, but for me, like Romance of the Three Kingdoms, the large cast of characters and intricate history and detail kept me absolutely hooked. Strongly recommend.
Stunning work of Fictional History
George is honestly my hero and who I look up to with fantasy work and this book only emphasises how he makes fiction easy to read while presenting the book from “someone else’s” quill - honestly cannot wait for the second part of this and I’m counting down the days til winds also ! Definitely read!
History book
If you want to feel like Tyrion Lannister reading some boring leather-bound book in the Red Keep, then this is for you. This book is absolutely not like a song of ice and fire, it’s more of a textbook, no storyline and helplessly dry.