Daenerys Targaryen
A Storm of Swords is the third of seven planned novels in "A Song of Ice and Fire", a fantasy series by American author George R. R. Martin. It was first published on August 8, 2000, in the United Kingdom, with a United States edition following in November 2000. Its publication was preceded by a novella called "Path of the Dragon", which collects some of the Daenerys Targaryen chapters from the novel into a single book.