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A Storm of Swords

A Storm of Swords

AdventureEpic Fantasy
Pages
1234
Published
2000
Language
Chinese

Synopsis

The wars for the Iron Throne rage on, with alliances shifting and old enemies clashing. Joffrey sits uneasily on the throne while Stannis is disgraced, and Robb Stark plots his revenge from the North. Meanwhile, Daenerys Targaryen journeys across the continent with her dragons, unaware of the new threat gathering beyond the civilized lands.

Prose complexity
7/10

Vibe

DarkTenseComplexAtmospheric
RevengeBetrayalMultiple POVsMorally GreyQuest

Genres

Adventure Epic Fantasy Fantasy High Fantasy Dark Fantasy Paranormal

About the author

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George R. R. Martin

George Raymond Richard Martin (born 20 September 1948 in Bayonne, New Jersey) is an American writer of fantasy, science fiction and horror. His early work includes the novels Dying of the Light (1977), Fevre Dream and The Armageddon Rag, and the story collections Sandkings and Tuf Voyaging. From the mid-1980s he also wrote for television, on the revived The Twilight Zone and on Beauty and the Beast, where he became a co-supervising producer. He is best known for the epic fantasy sequence A Song...

Characters

Robb StarkProtagonist
Joffrey BaratheonAntagonist
Stannis BaratheonSupporting
Brandon StarkSupporting
Catelyn StarkSupporting
All characters in A Storm of Swords

Frequently asked questions

  • Why was this book split into two volumes in some countries?

    The manuscript was so extensive that publishers in the United Kingdom and several other regions divided the novel into two separate books, often titled Steel and Snow and Blood and Gold, to manage the physical length of the publication.

  • How does the television adaptation handle this book?

    The narrative of this novel was so dense that the television adaptation spanned two full seasons to cover its events, whereas other books in the series were adapted into single seasons.

  • Did this book receive any major literary recognition?

    It won the 2001 Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel and was the first entry in the series to be nominated for a Hugo Award.

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