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Summary
Here is the third volume in George R. R.
Martinfs magnificent cycle of novels that includes **A Game of
Thrones** and **A Clash of Kings**. As a whole, this series
comprises a genuine masterpiece of modern fantasy, bringing
together the best the genre has to offer. Magic, mystery, intrigue,
romance, and adventure fill these pages and transport us to a world
unlike any we have ever experienced. Already hailed as a classic,
George R. R. Martinfs stunning series is destined to stand as one
of the great achievements of imaginative fiction.**A Storm of
Swords**Of the five contenders for power, one is dead, another in
disfavor, and still the wars rage as violently as ever, as
alliances are made and broken. Joffrey, of House Lannister, sits on
the Iron Throne, the uneasy ruler of the land of the Seven
Kingdoms. His most bitter rival, Lord Stannis, stands defeated and
disgraced, the victim of the jealous sorceress who holds him in her
evil thrall. But young Robb, of House Stark, still rules the North
from the fortress of Riverrun. Robb plots against his despised
Lannister enemies, even as they hold his sister hostage at Kingfs
Landing, the seat of the Iron Throne. Meanwhile, making her way
across a blood-drenched continent is the exiled queen, Daenerys,
mistress of the only three dragons still left in the world....But
as opposing forces maneuver for the final titanic showdown, an army
of barbaric wildlings arrives from the outermost line of
civilization. In their vanguard is a horde of mythical Others--a
supernatural army of the living dead whose animated corpses are
unstoppable. As the future of the land hangs in the balance, no one
will rest until the Seven Kingdoms have exploded in a veritable
storm of swords. . .