02889cam a2200289 4500 1261850632 TxAuBib 951011s1996||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 95043936 9780553103540 0553103547 9780553386790 pbk. 0553386794 pbk. (OCoLC)1148 DLC DLC FIT BAKER NLGGC BTCTA YDXCP OQP JTH O2H SEA DSR HIR TxAuBib Martin, George R. R. A game of thrones / George R.R. Martin. New York : Bantam Books, 1996. 694 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. song of ice and fire, A ; 1 Includes two maps covering the territory of A game of thrones on endpapers. A tale of court intrigues in the land of Seven Kingdoms, a country ""blessed by golden summers that go on for years, and cursed by cruel winters that can last a generation."" Treachery, murder, incest. Here is the first volume in George R. R. Martins magnificent cycle of novels that includes A Clash of Kings and A Storm of Swords. 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. Martins stunning series is destined to stand as one of the great achievements of imaginative fiction. 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 kingdoms 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 kingdom of epicurean plenty, here is a tale of lords and ladies, soldiers and sorcerers, assassins and bastards, who come together in a time of grim omens. Here an enigmatic band of warriors bear swords of no human metal; a tribe of fierce wildlings carry men off into madness; a cruel young dragon prince barters his sister to win back his throne; and a determined woman undertakes the most treacherous of journeys. Amid plots and counterplots, tragedy and betrayal, victory and terror, the fate of the Starks, their allies, and their enemies hangs perilously in the balance, as each endeavors to win that deadliest of conflicts: the game of thrones. -- Publisher. Seven kingdoms (Imaginary place) Fiction. Fantasy fiction. A song of ice and fire ; 1.