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. The two men are appalled at the notion of locking her up, but Catelyn insists that if they fail to punish her people will believe they are complicit in her crime. And as opposing forces maneuver for the final showdown, an army of barbaric wildlings arrives from the outermost limits of civilization, accompanied by a horde of mythical Others-a supernatural army of the living dead whose animated corpses are unstoppable. 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. Young Robb still rules the North from the fortress of Riverrun. His most bitter rival, Lord Stannis, stands defeated and disgraced, victim of the sorceress who holds him in her thrall. Joffrey sits on the Iron Throne, the uneasy ruler of the Seven Kingdoms. Of the five contenders for power, one is dead, another in disfavor, and still the wars rage as alliances are made and broken. Together, this series comprises a genuine masterpiece of modern fantasy, destined to stand as one of the great achievements of imaginative fiction. The Seven Kingdoms are divided by revolt and blood feud, and winter approaches like an angry beast. Martin's magnificent cycle of novels that includes A Game of Thrones and A Clash of Kings. A Storm of Swords is the third volume in the series. The third installment in the A Song of Ice and Fire series that inspired the hit TV show Game of Thrones, this expansive fantasy novel picks up with the War.
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