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A Dance With Dragons

Book 5 of A Song of Ice and Fire

  • 1040 pages · about 17 hours
  • First published 2011
  • 49 editions

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1 About this book

In the aftermath of a colossal battle, the future of the Seven Kingdoms hangs in the balance once again–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 three times three thousand enemies, and many have set out to find her. Yet, 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. 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 yet.

Good for readers who want: adventure, epic fantasy, magic, and a long read.

  • Fantasy
  • Adventure
  • Magic
  • Dragons
  • Fantasy, epic
  • Epic Fantasy
  • Science fiction
  • Voyages and travels

2 About George R. R. Martin

Born 1948

George Raymond Richard Martin (born George Raymond Martin, September 20, 1948), also known by the initials GRRM, is an American author, screenwriter, and television producer. Martin is best known as the author of the epic fantasy novel series A Song of Ice and Fire, which was adapted by HBO into the Primetime Emmy Award–winning television series Game of Thrones (2011–2019) and its prequel series House of the Dragon (2022–present).

Bio adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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