A Comet the color of blood and flame cuts across the sky.And from the ancient citadel of Dragonstone to the Forbidding shores of Winterfell, chaos reigns.6 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 atale in which brpther 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 of the coldest steel..... and the coldest hearts . for when Kings Clash , The whole land Trembles ..
Martin amply fulfills the first Volumes promise and continues what seems destined to be one of the best fantasy series ever written - The Denver Post
