by George R.R. Martin (Author)
This is the long-awaited fourth installment of George R.R Martin's classic "A Song of Fire and Ice", continuing 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.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 704
Edition: paperback / softback
Publisher: Harper Voyager
Published: 02 May 2006
ISBN 10: 0002247429
ISBN 13: 9780002247429
Book Overview: / Lead title The long-awaited fourth installment of George R.R Martin's classic A Song of Fire and Ice, continuing the most ambitious and imaginative epic fantasy since THE LORD OF THE RINGS. / A huge event in the fantasy world: we receive more enquiries about this author than any other. / Martin is the new Tolkien: the biggest and best fantasy epic being written. / New York Times bestselling author. / Competition: JRR Tolkien, Robert Jordan, Terry Goodkind
'Fantasy literature has never shied away from grandeur, but the sheer mind-boggling scope of this epic has sent other fantasy writers away shaking their heads... Its ambition: to construct the Twelve Caesars of fantasy fiction, with characters so venomous they could eat the Borgias' GUARDIAN
'Truly epic ... with its magnificent action-filled climax, it provides a banquet for fantasy lovers with large appetites.' PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
'I always expect the best from George R.R. Martin and he always delivers A Game of Thrones grabs hold and won't let go. It's brilliant.' Robert Jordan
`George R.R. Martin is one of our very best writers, and this is one of his very best books.' Raymond E. Feist
`Colossal, staggering ... Martin captures all the intoxicating complexity of the Wars of the Roses or Imperial Rome in his imaginary world ... The writing is always powerful ...' SFX
George R.R. Martin is the author of fourteen novels, including five volumes of A SONG OF ICE AND FIRE, several collections of short stories and numerous screen plays for television drama and feature films. He lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico.