num_pages: 695
description: A NEW ORIGINAL SERIES, NOW ON HBO.Here is the first volume in George R. R. Martin’s magnificent cycle of novels that includes A Clash of Kings and A Storm of Swords. As a whole, this series comprises a genuine masterpiece of modern fantasy, bringing together the best the genre has to offer. Magic, mystery, intrigue, romance, and adventure fill these pages and transport us to a world unlike any we have ever experienced. Already hailed as a classic, George R. R. Martin’s stunning series is destined to stand as one of the great achievements of imaginative fiction.A GAME OF THRONESLong ago, in a time forgotten, a preternatural event threw the seasons out of balance. In a land where summers can last decades and winters a lifetime, trouble is brewing. The cold is returning, and in the frozen wastes to the north of Winterfell, sinister and supernatural forces are massing beyond the kingdom’s protective Wall. At the center of the conflict lie the Starks of Winterfell, a family as harsh and unyielding as the land they were born to. Sweeping from a land of brutal cold to a distant summertime kingdom of epicurean plenty, here is a tale of lords and ladies, soldiers and sorcerers, assassins and bastards, who come together in a time of grim omens.Here an enigmatic band of warriors bear swords of no human metal; a tribe of fierce wildlings carry men off into madness; a cruel young dragon prince barters his sister to win back his throne; and a determined woman undertakes the most treacherous of journeys. Amid plots and counterplots, tragedy and betrayal, victory and terror, the fate of the Starks, their allies, and their enemies hangs perilously in the balance, as each endeavors to win that deadliest of conflicts: the game of thrones.
language: English
title: A Game of Thrones
titlecomplete: A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, #1)
characters: Robert Baratheon, Jon Snow, Thoros of Myr, Hodor, Arya Stark, Sandor Clegane, Petyr Baelish, Beric Dondarrion, Robb Stark, Varys, Jaime Lannister, Mace Tyrell, Samwell Tarly, Cersei Lannister, Viserys Targaryen, Tywin Lannister, Grenn, Eddard Stark, Stannis Baratheon, Brandon Stark, Septa Mordane, Pyp, Daenerys Targaryen, Lysa Arryn, Jorah Mormont, Joffrey Baratheon, Sansa Stark, Catelyn Stark, Tyrion Lannister, Theon Greyjoy, Tommen Baratheon
genres: Fiction, Adventure, High Fantasy, Epic Fantasy, Adult, Science Fiction Fantasy, Novels, Fantasy, Dragons, Audiobook
ratings_count: 2407745
places: The Lands of Ice and Fire
series: A Song of Ice and Fire
awards: awardedAt: 852105600000
name: Nebula Award
category: Best Novel, awardedAt: 852105600000
name: Locus Award
category: Best Fantasy Novel, awardedAt: 852105600000
name: World Fantasy Award
category: Best Novel, awardedAt: 1041408000000
name: Premio Ignotus
category: Mejor Novela Extranjera
publisher: Bantam Books