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 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.
From A Wiki of Ice and Fire Jump to: navigation, search BooksCharactersHistoryCultureChapter summariesGeographyHousesTV Series A Game of Thrones 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 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. Chapter Summaries | Page Table. Prologue Bran I Catelyn I Daenerys I Eddard I Jon I Catelyn II Arya I Bran II Tyrion I Jon II Daenerys II Eddard II Tyrion II Catelyn III Sansa I Eddard III Bran III Catelyn IV Jon III Eddard IV Tyrion III Arya II Daenerys III Bran IV Eddard V Jon IV Eddard VI Catelyn V Sansa II Eddard VII Tyrion IV Arya III Eddard VIII Catelyn VI Eddard IX Daenerys IV Bran V Tyrion V Eddard X Catelyn VII Jon V Tyrion VI Eddard XI Sansa III Eddard XII Daenerys V Eddard XIII Jon VI Eddard XIV Arya IV Sansa IV Jon VII Bran VI Daenerys VI Catelyn VIII Tyrion VII Sansa V Eddard XV Catelyn IX Jon VIII Daenerys VII Tyrion VIII Catelyn X Daenerys VIII Arya V Bran VII Sansa VI Daenerys IX Tyrion IX Jon IX Catelyn XI Daenerys X Appendix A Clash of Kings Time is out of joint. The summer of peace and plenty, ten years long, is drawing to a close, and the harsh, chill winter approaches like an angry beast. Two great leaders—Lord Eddard Stark and Robert Baratheon, who held sway over an age of enforced peace—are dead, victims of royal treachery. Now, from the ancient citadel of Dragonstone to the forbidding wilds of Winterfell, chaos reigns, as pretenders to the Iron Throne of the Seven Kingdoms prepare to stake their claims through tempest, turmoil, and war. As a prophecy of doom cuts across the sky—a comet the color of blood and flame—six factions struggle for control of a divided land. Eddard's son Robb has declared himself King in the North. In the south, Joffrey, Robert's heir, rules in name only, victim of the scheming courtiers who teem over King's Landing. Robert's two brothers each seek their own dominion, while the disfavored House Greyjoy turns once more to conquest. And a continent away, an exiled queen, the Mother of Dragons, risks everything to lead her precious brood across a hard hot desert to win back the crown that is rightfully hers. Chapter Summaries | Page Table. Prologue Arya I Sansa I Tyrion I Bran I Arya II Jon I Catelyn I Tyrion II Arya III Davos I Theon I Daenerys I Jon II Arya IV Tyrion III Bran II Tyrion IV Sansa II Arya V Tyrion V Bran III Catelyn II Jon III Theon II Tyrion VI Arya VI Daenerys II Bran IV Tyrion VII Arya VII Catelyn III Sansa III Catelyn IV Jon IV Bran V Tyrion VIII Theon III Arya VIII Catelyn V Daenerys III Tyrion IX Davos II Jon V Tyrion X Catelyn VI Bran VI Arya IX Daenerys IV Tyrion XI Theon IV Jon VI Sansa IV Jon VII Tyrion XII Catelyn VII Theon V Sansa V Davos III Tyrion XIII Sansa VI Tyrion XIV Sansa VII Daenerys V Arya X Sansa VIII Theon VI Tyrion XV Jon VIII Bran VII Appendix A Storm of Swords Of the five contenders for power, one is dead, another in disfavor, and still the wars rage as violently as ever, as alliances are made and broken. Joffrey, of House Lannister, sits the Iron Throne, uneasy ruler of the land of the Seven Kingdoms. His bitterest rival, Lord Stannis, stands defeated and disgraced, victim of the jealous sorceress who holds him in her evil thrall. But young Robb, of House Stark, still rules the North from the fortress of Riverrun. Robb plots against his despised Lannister enemies, even as they hold his sister hostage at King’s Landing, seat of the Iron Throne. Meanwhile, making her way across a blood-drenched continent is the exiled queen, Daenerys, mistress of the only three dragons still left in the world. As opposing forces maneuver for the final titanic showdown, an army of barbaric wildlings arrives from the outermost line of civilization. In their wake is a horde of mythical Others, a supernatural army of the living dead whose animated corpses are unstoppable. As the future of the land hangs in the balance, no one will rest until the Seven Kingdoms have exploded in a veritable storm of swords. Chapter Summaries | Page Table. Prologue Jaime I Catelyn I Arya I Tyrion I Davos I Sansa I Jon I Daenerys I Bran I Davos II Jaime II Tyrion II Arya II Catelyn II Jon II Sansa II Arya III Samwell I Tyrion III Catelyn III Jaime III Arya IV Daenerys II Bran II Davos III Jon III Daenerys III Sansa III Arya V Jon IV Jaime IV Tyrion IV Samwell II Arya VI Catelyn IV Davos IV Jaime V Tyrion V Arya VII Bran III Jon V Daenerys IV Arya VIII Jaime VI Catelyn V Samwell III Arya IX Jon VI Catelyn VI Arya X Catelyn VII Arya XI Tyrion VI Davos V Jon VII Bran IV Daenerys V Tyrion VII Sansa IV Tyrion VIII Sansa V Jaime VII Davos VI Jon VIII Arya XII Tyrion IX Jaime VIII Sansa VI Jon IX Tyrion X Daenerys VI Jaime IX Jon X Arya XIII Samwell IV Jon XI Tyrion XI Samwell V Jon XII Sansa VII Epilogue Appendix A Feast for Crows It seems too good to be true. After centuries of bitter strife and fatal treachery, the seven powers dividing the land have decimated one another into an uneasy truce. Or so it appears. . . . With the death of the monstrous King Joffrey, his mother Cersei is ruling as regent in King’s Landing. Robb Stark’s demise has broken the back of the Northern rebels, and his siblings are scattered throughout the kingdom like seeds on barren soil. Few legitimate claims to the once desperately sought Iron Throne still exist, or they are held in hands too weak or too distant to wield them effectively. The war, which raged out of control for so long, has burned itself out. But as in the aftermath of any climactic struggle, it is not long before the survivors, outlaws, renegades, and carrion eaters start to gather, fighting for the spoils and picking over the bones of the dead. Now in the Seven Kingdoms, as the human crows assemble over a banquet of ashes, daring new plots and dangerous new alliances are formed, while surprising faces—some familiar, others only just appearing—are seen emerging from an ominous twilight of past struggles and chaos to take up the challenges ahead. It is a time when the wise and the ambitious, the deceitful and the strong will acquire the skills, the power, and the magic to survive the stark and terrible times that lie before them. It is a time for nobles and commoners, soldiers and sorcerers, assassins and sages to come together and stake their fortunes . . . and their lives. For at a feast for crows, the guests are many but the survivors are only a few. Chapter Summaries | Page Table. Prologue The Prophet The Captain Of Guards Cersei I Brienne I Samwell I Arya I Cersei II Jaime I Brienne II Sansa I The Kraken's Daughter Cersei III The Soiled Knight Brienne III Samwell II Jaime II Cersei IV The Iron Captain The Drowned Man Brienne IV The Queenmaker Arya II Alayne I Cersei V Brienne V Samwell III Jaime III Cersei VI The Reaver Jaime IV Brienne VI Cersei VII Jaime V Cat Of The Canals Samwell IV Cersei VIII Brienne VII Jaime VI Cersei IX The Princess In The Tower Alayne II Brienne VIII Cersei X Jaime VII Samwell V Appendix A Dance with Dragons 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. Chapter Summaries | Page Table. Prologue Tyrion I Daenerys I Jon I Bran I Tyrion II The Merchant's Man Jon II Tyrion III Davos I Jon III Daenerys II Reek I Bran II Tyrion IV Davos II Daenerys III Jon IV Tyrion V Davos III Reek II Jon V Tyrion VI Daenerys IV The Lost Lord The Windblown The Wayward Bride Tyrion VII Jon VI Davos IV Daenerys V Melisandre I Reek III Tyrion VIII Bran III Jon VII Daenerys VI The Prince of Winterfell The Watcher Jon VIII Tyrion IX The Turncloak The King's Prize Daenerys VII Jon IX The Blind Girl A Ghost in Winterfell Tyrion X Jaime I Jon X Daenerys VIII Theon I Daenerys IX Jon XI Cersei I The Queensguard The Iron Suitor Tyrion XI Jon XII The Discarded Knight The Spurned Suitor The Griffin Reborn The Sacrifice Victarion I The Ugly Little Girl Cersei II Tyrion XII The Kingbreaker The Dragontamer Jon XIII The Queen's Hand Daenerys X Epilogue Appendix References ↑ Official site of George R. R. Martin