A Clash of Kings: A Song of Ice and Fire: Book Two

· A Song of Ice and Fire Book 2 · Sold by Bantam
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THE BOOK BEHIND THE SECOND SEASON OF GAME OF THRONES, AN ORIGINAL SERIES NOW ON HBO.

A SONG OF ICE AND FIRE: BOOK TWO
 
In this thrilling sequel to A Game of Thrones, George R. R. Martin has created a work of unsurpassed vision, power, and imagination. A Clash of Kings transports us to a world of revelry and revenge, wizardry and warfare unlike any we have ever experienced.
 
A comet the color of blood and flame cuts across the sky. And from the ancient citadel of Dragonstone to the forbidding shores of Winterfell, chaos reigns. Six factions struggle for control of a divided land and the Iron Throne of the Seven Kingdoms, preparing to stake their claims through tempest, turmoil, and war. It is a tale in which brother plots against brother and the dead rise to walk in the night. Here a princess masquerades as an orphan boy; a knight of the mind prepares a poison for a treacherous sorceress; and wild men descend from the Mountains of the Moon to ravage the countryside. Against a backdrop of incest and fratricide, alchemy and murder, victory may go to the men and women possessed of the coldest steel . . . and the coldest hearts. For when kings clash, the whole land trembles.

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4.6
3.15K reviews
A Google user
June 20, 2012
Clash of Kings is an exceptional book. It is intrigue, action, and everything you come to expect from Martin. For me the first 3rd of this book was a little slow, but still amazingly written. The rest though is mind blowing. In this book you get to experience the 7 kingdoms truly unravel. It's unprecedented How Martin can create these characters and give them such life, and interlock their stories to produce the greatest modern epic of our time.
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A Google user
June 21, 2011
Martin kept me engrossed throughout A Clash of Kings. One aspect I liked was the approach to battles. While some were written from the view of those participating in them, rather than play each one out as a major dramatic scene, other times the reader learns of them second-hand, along with the character they're following, long after they're done. Not only does this keep us from re-reading essentially the same thing over and over, but it also immerses the reader further into a world where news isn't instantaneous and you have to relay on scouts to track your enemy and plan your next move. The story remains strong, although some of the descriptive language I enjoyed in the first book seems to have faded away.
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Yami Bakura
August 9, 2014
Clash of Kings is not as good as Game of Thrones. That doesn't mean it's bad though. Martin is ss good as ever, weaving a glorious tapestry of bold heros and human villains. But at times it feel like the middle of the second act to some grander story. It's not a perfect book, but let me tell you my opinion on it. After I got it I put off reading it for quite some time. Then on the day I started it, I read halfway through before I stopped.
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About the author

George R. R. Martin is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of many novels, including the acclaimed series A Song of Ice and Fire—A Game of Thrones, A Clash of Kings, A Storm of Swords, A Feast for Crows, and A Dance with Dragons—as well as Tuf Voyaging, Fevre Dream, The Armageddon Rag, Dying of the Light, Windhaven (with Lisa Tuttle), and Dreamsongs Volumes I and II. He is also the creator of The Lands of Ice and Fire, a collection of maps from A Song of Ice and Fire featuring original artwork from illustrator and cartographer Jonathan Roberts, and The World of Ice & Fire (with Elio M. García, Jr., and Linda Antonsson). As a writer-producer, Martin has worked on The Twilight Zone, Beauty and the Beast, and various feature films and pilots that were never made. He lives with the lovely Parris in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

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