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Dying of the Light

Dying of the Light

Dark FantasyEpic Fantasy
Pages
288
Published
2004
Language
English

Synopsis

A decade after the War of the Five Kings, a disgraced knight and a vengeful noblewoman are drawn into a conspiracy that threatens the very foundations of Westeros. As a mysterious new religion and a shadowy power rise, their paths converge in a deadly game of betrayal, revenge, and ancient secrets.

Prose complexity
7/10

Vibe

DarkTenseMysterious
Multiple POVsSlow BurnRevengeMorally Grey

Genres

Dark Fantasy Epic Fantasy Grimdark Adventure Fantasy Romance Romantasy Science Fiction Space Opera

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...