num_pages: 726
description: Alternate cover edition of ISBN 9780553103540Long 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.
language: English
title: A Game of Thrones
titlecomplete: A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, #1)
characters: Septa Mordane, Beric Dondarrion, Robb Stark, Sandor Clegane, Lysa Arryn, Joffrey Baratheon, Eddard Stark, Tyrion Lannister, Robert Baratheon, Jorah Mormont, Viserys Targaryen, Grenn, Samwell Tarly, Tommen Baratheon, Catelyn Stark, Theon Greyjoy, Arya Stark, Mace Tyrell, Brandon Stark, Jaime Lannister, Jon Snow, Daenerys Targaryen, Hodor, Tywin Lannister, Pyp, Varys, Stannis Baratheon, Cersei Lannister, Sansa Stark, Thoros of Myr, Petyr Baelish
genres: Adventure, Fantasy, Adult, High Fantasy, Epic Fantasy, Novels, Science Fiction Fantasy, Audiobook, Fiction, Dragons
ratings_count: 2407018
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