A Dance with Dragons
George R. R. Martin
(Author)
21,000+ Reviews
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Description
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - THE BOOK BEHIND THE FIFTH SEASON OF THE ACCLAIMED HBO SERIES GAME OF THRONESNAMED ONE OF PASTE'S BEST FANTASY BOOKS OF THE DECADE Here is the fifth book in the landmark series that has redefined imaginative fiction and become a modern masterpiece. A DANCE WITH DRAGONS In the aftermath of a colossal battle, Daenerys Targaryen rules with her three dragons as queen of a city built on dust and death. But Daenerys has thousands of enemies, and many have set out to find her. Fleeing from Westeros with a price on his head, Tyrion Lannister, too, is making his way east--with new allies who may not be the ragtag band they seem. And in the frozen north, Jon Snow confronts creatures from beyond the Wall of ice and stone, and powerful foes from within the Night's Watch. In a time of rising restlessness, the tides of destiny and politics lead a grand cast of outlaws and priests, soldiers and skin-changers, nobles and slaves, to the greatest dance of all. A GAME OF THRONES - A CLASH OF KINGS - A STORM OF SWORDS - A FEAST FOR CROWS - A DANCE WITH DRAGONS
Product Details
Price
$9.99
$9.29
Publisher
Bantam
Publish Date
October 29, 2013
Pages
1152
Dimensions
4.3 X 7.0 X 1.8 inches | 1.05 pounds
Language
English
Type
Mass Market Paperbound
EAN/UPC
9780553582017
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About the Author
George R. R. Martin is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of many novels, including the acclaimed series A Song of Ice and Fire--A Game of Thrones, A Clash of Kings, A Storm of Swords, A Feast for Crows, and A Dance with Dragons--as well as Tuf Voyaging, Fevre Dream, The Armageddon Rag, Dying of the Light, Windhaven (with Lisa Tuttle), and Dreamsongs Volumes I and II. He is also the creator of The Lands of Ice and Fire, a collection of maps from A Song of Ice and Fire featuring original artwork from illustrator and cartographer Jonathan Roberts, and The World of Ice & Fire (with Elio M. García, Jr., and Linda Antonsson). As a writer-producer, Martin has worked on The Twilight Zone, Beauty and the Beast, and various feature films and pilots that were never made. He lives with the lovely Parris in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Reviews
"Epic fantasy as it should be written: passionate, compelling, convincingly detailed and thoroughly imagined."--The Washington Post
"Long live George Martin . . . a literary dervish, enthralled by complicated characters and vivid language, and bursting with the wild vision of the very best tale tellers."--The New York Times
"One of the best series in the history of fantasy."--Los Angeles Times
"Martin has produced--is producing, since the series isn't over--the great fantasy epic of our era . . . His skill as a crafter of narrative exceeds that of almost any literary novelist writing today."--Lev Grossman, Time
"By turns thrilling, funny, scary, emotionally devastating, oddly inspirational, and just plain grand . . . Grade: A"--Entertainment Weekly
"A taut and relentless masterpiece that reaffirms the reader's obsession with the panoply of unforgettable characters that Martin has created, and the brutal, glittering, terrible world in which these novels are set . . . Machiavelli, you have met your match in Martin."--The Daily Beast
"Long live George Martin . . . a literary dervish, enthralled by complicated characters and vivid language, and bursting with the wild vision of the very best tale tellers."--The New York Times
"One of the best series in the history of fantasy."--Los Angeles Times
"Martin has produced--is producing, since the series isn't over--the great fantasy epic of our era . . . His skill as a crafter of narrative exceeds that of almost any literary novelist writing today."--Lev Grossman, Time
"By turns thrilling, funny, scary, emotionally devastating, oddly inspirational, and just plain grand . . . Grade: A"--Entertainment Weekly
"A taut and relentless masterpiece that reaffirms the reader's obsession with the panoply of unforgettable characters that Martin has created, and the brutal, glittering, terrible world in which these novels are set . . . Machiavelli, you have met your match in Martin."--The Daily Beast
