num_pages: 835
description: Alternate Cover Edition here and here.Long 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 forces are massing beyond the kingdom’s protective Wall. To the south, the king’s powers are failing—his most trusted adviser dead under mysterious circumstances and his enemies emerging from the shadows of the throne. At the center of the conflict lie the Starks of Winterfell, a family as harsh and unyielding as the frozen land they were born to. Now Lord Eddard Stark is reluctantly summoned to serve as the king’s new Hand, an appointment that threatens to sunder not only his family but the kingdom itself.Sweeping from a harsh land of cold to a summertime kingdom of epicurean plenty, A Game of Thrones tells 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; a child is lost in the twilight between life and death; and a determined woman undertakes a treacherous journey to protect all she holds dear. Amid plots and counter-plots, tragedy and betrayal, victory and terror, allies and enemies, the fate of the Starks hangs perilously in the balance, as each side endeavors to win that deadliest of conflicts: the game of thrones.Unparalleled in scope and execution, A Game of Thrones is one of those rare reading experiences that catch you up from the opening pages, won’t let you go until the end, and leave you yearning for more.Alternate cover edition here.
language: English
title: A Game of Thrones
titlecomplete: A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, #1)
characters: Grenn, Petyr Baelish, Sandor Clegane, Viserys Targaryen, Tyrion Lannister, Septa Mordane, Brandon Stark, Lysa Arryn, Jaime Lannister, Jon Snow, Eddard Stark, Varys, Mace Tyrell, Beric Dondarrion, Robert Baratheon, Catelyn Stark, Samwell Tarly, Pyp, Tommen Baratheon, Thoros of Myr, Daenerys Targaryen, Arya Stark, Joffrey Baratheon, Stannis Baratheon, Hodor, Robb Stark, Jorah Mormont, Sansa Stark, Tywin Lannister, Cersei Lannister, Theon Greyjoy
genres: High Fantasy, Audiobook, Epic Fantasy, Adventure, Novels, Adult, Science Fiction Fantasy, Fiction, Dragons, Fantasy
ratings_count: 2406905
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 Spectra