num_pages: 1016
description: In the aftermath of a colossal battle, the future of the Seven Kingdoms hangs in the balance—beset by newly emerging threats from every direction. 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. But Daenerys has thousands of enemies, and many have set out to find her. As they gather, one young man embarks upon his own quest for the queen, with an entirely different goal in mind.Fleeing from Westeros with a price on his head, Tyrion Lannister, too, is making his way to Daenerys. But his newest allies in this quest are not the rag-tag band they seem, and at their heart lies one who could undo Daenerys’s claim to Westeros forever.Meanwhile, to the north lies the mammoth Wall of ice and stone—a structure only as strong as those guarding it. There, Jon Snow, 998th Lord Commander of the Night’s Watch, will face his greatest challenge. For he has powerful foes not only within the Watch but also beyond, in the land of the creatures of ice.From all corners, bitter conflicts reignite, intimate betrayals are perpetrated, and a grand cast of outlaws and priests, soldiers and skinchangers, nobles and slaves, will face seemingly insurmountable obstacles. Some will fail, others will grow in the strength of darkness. But in a time of rising restlessness, the tides of destiny and politics will lead inevitably to the greatest dance of all.
language: English
title: A Dance with Dragons
titlecomplete: A Dance with Dragons (A Song of Ice and Fire, #5)
characters: Varys, Brandon Stark, Jon Snow, Cersei Lannister, Melisandre, Arya Stark, Sansa Stark, Brienne of Tarth, Davos Seaworth, Daenerys Targaryen, Tyrion Lannister, Theon Greyjoy, Stannis Baratheon
genres: Fiction, Adventure, High Fantasy, Epic Fantasy, Science Fiction Fantasy, Adult, Epic, Fantasy, Dragons, Audiobook
ratings_count: 635582
series: A Song of Ice and Fire
awards: awardedAt: 1325404800000
name: Hugo Award
category: Best Novel, awardedAt: 1325404800000
name: Locus Award
category: Best Fantasy Novel, awardedAt: 1325404800000
name: World Fantasy Award
category: Best Novel, awardedAt: 1325404800000
name: SFX Award
category: Best Novel, awardedAt: 1325404800000
name: British Fantasy Award
category: Best Novel, awardedAt: 1514793600000
name: Goodreads Choice Award
category: Fantasy and Nominee for Favorite Book (2011) and Nominee for Best of the Best 
publisher: Harper Voyager