A Clash of Kings
A Song of Ice and Fire: Book Two
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Publisher Description
THE BOOK BEHIND THE SECOND SEASON OF GAME OF THRONES, AN ORIGINAL SERIES NOW ON HBO.
Here is the second book in the landmark series that has redefined imaginative fiction and become a modern masterpiece.
A CLASH OF KINGS
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.
A GAME OF THRONES • A CLASH OF KINGS • A STORM OF SWORDS • A FEAST FOR CROWS • A DANCE WITH DRAGONS
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
The scope of George R.R. Martin’s intricate, volatile world expands exponentially in A Clash of Kings, the sweeping second installment in his renowned A Song of Ice and Fire series. King Robert Baratheon is dead and so is the singularly honorable Ned Stark. Now, five claimants wage a war for the throne, and the fates of countless characters are interwoven into a dark and complex tapestry whose final image has yet to be revealed. From the alliances and betrayals between the noble houses to wildlings uniting under the King-Beyond-the-Wall to Daenerys Targaryen and her newly hatched dragons across the narrow sea, every storyline here is masterfully plotted and rivetingly intense. Martin doesn’t go easy on his characters, least of all the six Stark siblings, but the danger of this world and its endless Machiavellian twists are exactly what make it so captivating.
Customer Reviews
Can't wait for book 5!
Read it a decade ago in paperback but when the show came out I decided I needed a reread and I must say it was just as good as I remembered.
Saw other readers complaining about people dying and to that I say "valar morghulis". All men must die. Don't like it? Don't read this book but if you do read it I hope you enjoy the story as much as I do.
Book you can't put down.
I hope the HBO series does the book justice..
Excellent!
This book is a thrill ride from beginning to end. To get the most out of it you need to read the first book before this one however. From a "Game of Thrones" I was hooked. The moment I finished "Game of Thrones" I started reading this book with hardly a pause in between. If you like a story about warring faction, ancient houses and magics, if you like high fantasy but want them to paint a believable world for you to travel through then I say don't miss this series of books. The only thing that keeps me from rating the book five stars is some awkward feeling sex scenes an after the end of the first book the pace of the beginning of this one seemed a bit slow but boy does it pickup. Enjoy this. Don't miss it.