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A Storm of Swords

Book 3 of A Song of Ice and Fire

  • 992 pages · about 17 hours
  • First published 2000
  • 57 editions

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1 About this book

Here is the third volume in George R. R. Martin’s magnificent cycle of novels that includes A Game of Thrones and A Clash of Kings. As a whole, this series comprises a genuine masterpiece of modern fantasy, bringing together the best the genre has to offer.

Magic, mystery, intrigue, romance, and adventure fill these pages and transport us to a world unlike any we have ever experienced. Already hailed as a classic, George R. R. Martin’s stunning series is destined to stand as one of the great achievements of imaginative fiction.

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 on the Iron Throne, the uneasy ruler of the land of the Seven Kingdoms. His most bitter rival, Lord Stannis, stands defeated and disgraced, the victim of the jealous sorceress who holds him in her evil thrall.

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

  • Fantasy
  • Fantasy, epic
  • Magic
  • Dragons
  • Seven kingdoms
  • Imaginary wars and battles
  • Imaginary places
  • Good and evil

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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