A Clash of Kings: The bestselling classic epic fantasy series behind the award-winning HBO and Sky TV show and phenomenon GAME OF THRONES (A Song of Ice and Fire, Book 2)

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Fearing that he doesn’t have enough power in case the northmen decide to take back Winterfell, Theon sends Reak, Ramsay Snow’s servant, to gather men to protect Winterfell. In the south, Joffrey, Robert's heir, rules in name only, victim of the scheming courtiers who teem over King's Landing. It somehow manages to be darker and grittier than the first installment without stepping into the realm of being gratuitous . In the east, Daenerys Targaryen, the last scion of House Targaryen, rules with her three dragons as queen of a city built on dust and death. Arya’s resentment for the Lannisters, Chisiwyk, and Weese intensified as she experienced the suffering and hardship of the war.

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Once you receive the book from one of the arch maesters, talk to the acolyte who will tell you to meet a maester at the tavern. Meanwhile, the Kings have dedicated entries in this edition, with genealogies and descriptions of their banners. On becoming the Hand of the King, Tyrion discovers that the political state of King’s Landing is so terrible that corruption has become its language. Meanwhile, the Night's Watch in the North begins to investigate the people beyond the Wall, the Wildlings. Tyrion led a group of soldiers that push Stannis’ forces away from the north shore, but Tyrion is heavily wounded when Ser Mandon Moore, a member from the Kingsguard, tries to kill him.

Sinor of the Tulsa World praised Martin for "keep[ing] readers balanced on a sword's edge" and managing to do "three important things" with A Clash of Kings: "It grips the reader whether or not they read the earlier book, tells a satisfying story and leaves the reader wanting the next book as soon as possible. Mary Shelley's darkly disturbing tale is illustrated by Angela Barrett and newly introduced by Richard Holmes.

A Clash of Kings: The bestselling classic epic fantasy series A Clash of Kings: The bestselling classic epic fantasy series

He receives the lords that have come to swear their allegiances while also being plagued by strange dreams. He decides however to go against his older brother, Stannis Baratheon, who also declared himself king and make Catelyn watch how he destroys his brother’s army.

With Robert Baratheon dead and the legitimacy of his children brought into question, the Iron Throne is up for grabs and Westeros is plunged into civil war as (at least) four different people claim the Throne as theirs. Now in the Seven Kingdoms, as the human crows assemble over a banquet of ashes, daring new plots and dangerous new alliances are formed, while surprising faces—some familiar, others only just appearing—are seen emerging from an ominous twilight of past struggles and chaos to take up the challenges ahead.