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US Hardcover (2002 Bantam Reissue)AuthorCountryLanguageSeriesGenre(s)Publisher(US)(UK)ReleasedCover ArtistMedia TypePrint ( &&Pages694 (US Hardback)672 (UK Hardcover)835 (US Paperback)804 (UK Paperback)ISBNISBN (US Hardback)ISBN (UK Hardback)ISBN (US Paperback)ISBN 000647988X (UK Paperback)Followed byPurchaseA Game of Thrones is the first of seven planned novels in, an series by American author. It was first published on.

The novel was nominated for the and the, and won the 1997. The novella, comprising the Daenerys Targaryen chapters from the novel, won the 1997 for Best Novella. Contents.Plot introductionA Game of Thrones is set in the of, a land reminiscent of. In Westeros the seasons last for years, sometimes decades, at a time.Fifteen years prior to the novel, the Seven Kingdoms were torn apart by a, known alternately as 'Robert's Rebellion' and the 'War of the Usurper.' Prince kidnapped, arousing the ire of and of her betrothed, Lord (the war's titular rebel).

The Mad King, had Lyanna's and executed when they demanded her safe return. Her second brother, joined his boyhood friend Robert Baratheon and, with whom they had been fostered as children, in declaring war against the ruling, securing the allegiances of and through a network of dynastic marriages (Lord Eddard to and Lord Arryn to ). The powerful continued to support the King, but and both stalled due to insults against their houses by the Targaryens. The civil war climaxed with the, when Prince Rhaegar was killed in battle by Robert Baratheon. The Lannisters finally agreed to support King Aerys, but then brutally turned against him,. Of the betrayed and murdered King Aerys and House Lannister swore loyalty to Robert Baratheon.

The Tyrells and remaining royalists surrendered and Robert Baratheon was declared King of the Seven Kingdoms. Unfortunately, during the war, Lyanna Stark had died, apparently of illness shortly after her brother captured the where she'd been held captive; Robert Baratheon instead married to cement the alliance with her House. Despite Robert's victory, the Mad King's younger son and only daughter were taken to safety by loyal retainers. After the war House Martell chose a path of isolation, since Prince 's sister (Prince Rhaegar's wife) and her young children had been killed by knights sworn to House Lannister during the storming of the capital.Six years later, King Robert proved his resolve by by Lord of the.

Balon's two eldest sons were killed and his youngest son, was given to the care of Eddard Stark as a ward.Plot summary. Main article:A Game of Thrones follows three principal storylines as they develop in tandem with one another. The most storylines begin in the year (After Conquest), whilst the prologue takes place in. Shadow of the tomb raider walkthrough part 2. The story continues for many months, until.In the Seven Kingdoms, Lord of and, performs the execution of of the who has betrayed his vows and fled from the. His sons and, his bastard son, and his ward all attend. After the beheading, Robb finds a dead (the sigil of ), killed by the antlers of a stag (the sigil of ), which had given birth to five pups before it died.

Robb and his brothers ask to keep them and Eddard consents, on the condition that the children themselves take care of them, rather than leaving the matter to the servants of House Stark. There are five pups, one for each of Eddard's trueborn children: Robb names his and Bran names his, whilst Eddard's daughters and name theirs and respectively.

Eddard's youngest, three-year-old, names his. Unexpectedly, Jon finds a sixth pup lying separately nearby: an runt with white fur and red eyes. Jon claims this one, for himself.King arrives at Winterfell with his court and many retainers, including his wife, Queen of, and his children:,. The queen's twin brother, Ser of the, and their younger brother, the Imp (so named for his ), also accompany the group. Robert asks Eddard to become the new after the death of the previous office holder, Lord. Eddard agrees and travels south with his daughters Sansa and Arya, leaving Catelyn, Robb, Bran (now in a coma after a grievous fall from a window) and Rickon at home. Jon Snow elects to travel north to the to join the and is joined by Tyrion, who is eager to see the fabled construction for himself.Catelyn Stark learns from her sister (widow of the late Lord Jon Arryn) that the Lannisters had Jon Arryn murdered.

After Eddard leaves for the south, is made on Bran's life, thwarted only by the direwolf Summer. Catelyn realizes that Bran must have seen something and been pushed from the window deliberately, and that the would-be murderers are trying to cover their tracks. She travels by sea to and learns from her childhood friend that the dagger used in the assassination attempt was last seen in the hands of Tyrion Lannister. Traveling north again, Catelyn and her retainers encounter Tyrion by chance in (as he returns south from the Wall) and take him captive to the, where Lady Lysa places him on trial.

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Unfortunately, Tyrion chooses and his champion, a named, wins freedom for him.In the capital of, Eddard investigates Jon's death and learns that Jon Arryn and King Robert's brother, Lord, had discovered that Robert's three children are actually the products of an incestuous liaison between Queen Cersei and her twin brother, Jaime. Spurning the advice of Robert's youngest brother, to take Cersei into custody, Eddard instead offers mercy, telling Cersei to flee. King Robert dies of a mishap whilst hunting in the and Cersei's eldest son Joffrey is proclaimed king before Eddard can pass the crown to Stannis, Robert's true heir.

When Eddard moves against Cersei, he is betrayed by Littlefinger. Eddard reluctantly agrees to sign a false confession of treason in return for Sansa and Arya's lives and the chance to go into exile on the Wall. Instead, Joffrey has Eddard brutally executed. Whilst Sansa is retained in custody, Arya manages to escape with the help of her fencing instructor, and, a for the.A civil war, later dubbed the, erupts.

Robb Stark leads an army of northmen into the to support Lord, whose forces had come by Lord after Catelyn took Tyrion prisoner., the Tully stronghold, is besieged by an army under Jaime Lannister, whilst Lord Tywin holds a large army south of the to prevent Robb's advance. Unexpectedly, Robb wins the support of by agreeing to a dynastic marriage. This allows him to detach his cavalry and cross the whilst his infantry carries on to the Trident under Lord, one of Robb's bannermen. Tywin, joined by the liberated Tyrion (who has won the support of the of ) defeats the Stark foot before learning that Robb has outmaneuvered him. Shortly afterwards Robb's forces surprise and capture Jaime Lannister before smashing the Lannister army at the north of Riverrun. Tywin falls back on the strong castle of and orders Tyrion to go to King's Landing and counsel King Joffrey I, acting as Hand in his stead.Lord Renly Baratheon flees south from King's Landing to, stronghold of the powerful, and there is declared king by acclamation, becoming the second of the war's five kings. Robb Stark becomes the third, when he is proclaimed the by the Stark and Tully bannermen present at Riverrun.On the WallIn the lands, three men of the stumble across the massacred bodies of.

Ser is confronted by several creatures of ice, the fabled ' of legend. He fights one, but is killed. The second man, investigates Waymar's corpse only for it to come to life and strangle him. The third, is so terrified of what he sees that he flees south to the Wall and then beyond. He is the deserter executed by in the first chapter of the book.chooses to join the Night's Watch when his father departs for and travels north with his uncle, the of the Watch. At the Wall Jon finds that the Watch is beset with problems. A new has arisen in the to rally the wildlings to his banner.

This man, was once a brother of the Watch before fleeing to join the wildlings. Jon also learns that the Watch is grievously under strength, mustering barely a thousand men to cover the three hundred miles of the Wall, and its manpower is now made up of murderers and criminals who chose the Wall over execution or imprisonment. Some time after Jon's arrival, Benjen vanishes whilst on a ranging beyond the Wall.Jon and many of the other younger men are remorselessly bullied by the master-at-arms, but Jon concocts a plan for them to stand up to him. Jon wins the friendship of, a craven but intelligent boy from the, and also that of Maester. Jon is startled to learn that Aemon is a member of, the grand-uncle of the now-deposed Mad King, and the oldest man alive in Westeros.The, is attacked by a corpse which suddenly comes back to life. Jon burns the, saving Mormont's life. Shaken, Mormont resolves to lead the Watch beyond the Wall in strength to test Mance Rayder's strength.

Although news of his father's death and brother's war causes Jon to doubt his calling, he decides his place is with the Watch.In the EastIn the Free City of, Magister and the exiled Prince conspire to marry Viserys's thirteen-year-old sister to Khal of the. Drogo commands a horde of forty thousand mounted warriors whom Viserys plans to use to reclaim his homeland from the usurper. Among the wedding gifts are three petrified from Illyrio.

Unexpectedly, Daenerys and Drogo find love as they journey east into the vast grasslands of the, and Daenerys becomes pregnant with a son, to be named after her dead brother. Ser, son of Lord Commander Mormont and a exiled from for dealing in slaves, joins Viserys's entourage as an adviser on the current state of the.Viserys becomes angry about how long he must wait before Drogo decides to invade Westeros and, in a drunken rage, insults Drogo grievously. Drogo decides to crown him on the spot — with molten gold.

Daenerys picks up her brother's quest to reclaim the, but Drogo is just as obstinate with the moon of his life as he was with the. The tables turn when a Westerosi assassin, in the pay of King Robert, nearly kills her and their unborn child; a furious Drogo agrees to invade Westeros. However, during a raid on the peaceful to fund their invasion, Drogo takes a wound fighting a.

Daenerys loses both Drogo and her unborn son to the machinations of a, and has the witch burned in Drogo's funeral pyre. Daenerys had previously felt the eggs and found them warm to her touch, but not to others'. Before she had placed them in a small fire and thought that the flames made something in the eggs alive. While the witch was being burned she placed the eggs in the blazing fire. Incredibly, the eggs hatch, and Daenerys Targaryen, the Stormborn, becomes mother to the first three seen in the world for one hundred and sixty years.Viewpoint CharactersAll of the novels in the series use a system for the books where by each chapter concentrates on one character in a.