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A Song of Ice and Fire

A Game of Thrones

George R. R. Martin

2011

Epic FantasyPolitical IntrigueMedievalDark FantasyHigh Stakes

"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 a lifetime, trouble is brewing. The cold is returning, and in the frozen wastes to the north of Winterfell, sinister and supernatural forces are massing beyond the kingdom's protective Wall. At the center of the conflict lie the Starks of Winterfell, a family as harsh and unyielding as the land they were born to. Sweeping from a land of brutal cold to a distant summertime king…

Published
2011

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