A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, Book 1) - George Raymond Richard Martin

HarperCollins Publishers - <p>HBO’s hit series A GAME OF THRONES is based on George R R Martin’s internationally bestselling series A SONG OF ICE AND FIRE, the greatest fantasy epic of the modern age. A GAME OF THRONES is the first volume in the series.</p> <p>‘So vivid that you’ll be hooked within a few pages’ The Times</p> <p>Summers span decades. Winter can last a lifetime. And the struggle for the Iron Throne has begun.</p> <p>As Warden of the north, Lord Eddard Stark counts it a curse when King Robert bestows on him the office of the Hand. His honour weighs him down at court where a true man does what he will, not what he must … and a dead enemy is a thing of beauty.</p> <p>The old gods have no power in the south, Stark’s family is split and there is treachery at court. Worse, the vengeance-mad heir of the deposed Dragon King has grown to maturity in exile in the Free Cities. He claims the Iron Throne.</p> <p> </p>