A Clash of Kings
(A Song of Ice and Fire #2)
by George R.R. Martin
"A comet the color of
blood and flame cuts across the sky. Two great leaders—Lord Eddard Stark
and Robert Baratheon—who hold sway over an age of enforced peace are
dead, victims of royal treachery. Now, from the ancient citadel of
Dragonstone to the forbidding shores of Winterfell, chaos reigns. Six
factions struggle for control of a divided land and the Iron Throne of
the Seven Kingdoms, preparing to stake their claims through tempest,
turmoil, and war. It is a tale in which brother plots against brother
and the dead rise to walk in the night. Here a princess masquerades as
an orphan boy; a knight of the mind prepares a poison for a treacherous
sorceress; and wild men descend from the Mountains of the Moon to ravage
the countryside. 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. For when kings clash, the whole land
trembles."
Why
is this series so good? It started off kind of
dry and a little dense at parts, but once I start reading it BAM. My
mind is completely enthralled into this world. There is so much
character growth and development for all these characters who we have
gotten to know in the last book. Some have died, some have been tortured
and those who are alive may not be there for very long. I think that's
why I love about these books. Once I think I know where it's going, it
switches to another place and I'm just floored by the amount
of suffering GRRM will put his characters through. It's inspiring
actually.
Today starts the second season of the serie Game of Thrones based on this book. I'm sure I'll love it.
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