A Clash of Kings: The bestselling classic epic fantasy series behind the award-winning HBO and Sky TV show and phenomenon GAME OF THRONES (A Song of Ice and Fire, Book 2)

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A Clash of Kings: The bestselling classic epic fantasy series behind the award-winning HBO and Sky TV show and phenomenon GAME OF THRONES (A Song of Ice and Fire, Book 2)

A Clash of Kings: The bestselling classic epic fantasy series behind the award-winning HBO and Sky TV show and phenomenon GAME OF THRONES (A Song of Ice and Fire, Book 2)

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In 2015 there were indications that the book would be published before the sixth season of the HBO show [64] [65] [66] [67] [68] [69] but in early January 2016 Martin confirmed that he had not met an end-of-year deadline that he had established with his publisher for release of the book before the sixth season. Stannis Baratheon's army reaches King's Landing and a combined assault is launched by both land and sea. Reuters reported in September 2013 that the books including print, digital and audio versions have sold more than 24 million copies in North America. Though the amount of magic has gradually increased throughout the story, the series is still to end with less overt magic than most contemporary fantasies.

Audacious, inventive, brilliantly imagined, A Clash of Kings is a novel of dazzling beauty and boundless enchantment-a tale of pure excitement you will never forget. When Lord Eddard "Ned" Stark, Robert's closest friend and chief advisor, discovers that Joffrey and his siblings are the product of incest between Cersei and her twin brother Ser Jaime Lannister, Eddard attempts to unseat Joffrey, but is betrayed and executed for treason.

Writing for The Atlantic, Amber Taylor assessed the novels as hard fantasy with vulnerable characters to which readers become emotionally attached. CNN remarked that "the story weaves through differing points of view in a skillful mix of observation, narration and well-crafted dialogue that illuminates both character and plot with fascinating style", [90] and David Orr of The New York Times found that "All of his hundreds of characters have grace notes of history and personality that advance a plot line. By the mid-1990s, he had won three Hugo Awards, two Nebula Awards, and other awards for his short fiction. Although fantasy comes from an imaginative realm, Martin sees an honest necessity to reflect the real world where people, even beloved people, sometimes die ugly deaths. Robb Stark, declared King in the North, battles to avenge his father's execution and retrieve his sister from Joffrey's court.

He finds two new friends when Jojen and Meera Reed, children of Eddard Stark's close friend Lord Howland, arrive from Greywater Watch and take an interest in his dreams. Events planned from the beginning are foreshadowed, although Martin is careful not to make the story predictable. The paperback edition of A Game of Thrones reached its 34th printing in 2010, surpassing the one million mark. Robert's heir apparent, the 13-year-old Joffrey, is immediately proclaimed king through the machinations of his mother, Queen Cersei Lannister. The Rogue Prince, or, a King's Brother, published in the 2014 anthology Rogues, is itself a prequel to the events of The Princess and the Queen.

In the third book, the War of the Five Kings escalates and famously includes the Red Wedding (which on Game of Thrones, almost included Martin himself) . Martin also named Robert Frost's 1920 poem " Fire and Ice" and cultural associations such as passion versus betrayal as possible influences for the series' title.



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