A Song of Ice and Fire #3: A Storm of Swords
A Song of Ice and Fire #3: A Storm of Swords
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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. 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, the 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. . . .
But as opposing forces maneuver for the final titanic showdown, an army of barbaric wildlings arrives from the outermost line of civilization. In their vanguard 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. . .
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.
★ 星雲獎、雨果獎、世界奇幻文學獎、軌跡獎得獎作家！
★ 《魔戒》的托爾金之後，最能代表奇幻文學的名字：喬治．馬汀，入選二○一一年《時代雜誌》百大影響人物。
★ 全美總銷量6,000,000冊、全球總銷量16,000,000冊（還在繼續爆炸性成長）。
★ 全系列登上紐約時報平裝本小說排行榜：《權力遊戲》第一名、《烽火危城》第四名、《刀風劍雨》第六名、《群鴉盛宴》第八名。英國亞馬遜書店總榜前十名；西班牙書店暢銷排行榜前十名。
★ 網路票選史上最佳百大奇幻小說，「冰與火」名列第四，前三名是托爾金（《魔戒》和《哈比人歷險記》）和 J. K. 羅琳的作品。
當代歐美文壇最重要的奇幻小說大師──喬治‧馬汀（George R. R. Martin） 時代雜誌封喬治馬汀是「美國托爾金」：「當今的奇幻史詩書寫者，喬治．馬汀毫無疑問是箇中翹楚。事實上，我們現在大可稱他是『美國的托爾金』。」
喬治．馬汀，當代重量級奇幻小說大師，累積三十年寫作編劇經驗的顛峰代表作《冰與火之歌》，以莊嚴壯闊的架構，歷史小說般的寫實筆觸，恢弘的布局，嶄新的手法和深具創意的背景，模糊難辨的善惡分野，顛覆了奇幻小說的傳統。
本系列震撼了歐美文壇，獲得壓倒性的好評，更連續被專業雜誌評選為年度最佳奇幻小說。
冰與火之歌第一部：權力遊戲 A GAME OF THRONES
冰與火之歌第二部：烽火危城 A CLASH OF KINGS
冰與火之歌第三部：劍刃風暴 A STORM OF SWORDS
冰與火之歌第四部：群鴉盛宴 A FEAST OF CROWS
冰與火之歌第五部：與龍共舞 A DANCE WITH DRAGONS
George R. R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire series has become, in many ways, the gold standard for modern epic fantasy.
Martin—dubbed the “American Tolkien” by Time magazine—has created a world that is as rich and vital as any piece of historical fiction, set in an age of knights and chivalry and filled with a plethora of fascinating, multidimensional characters that you love, hate to love, or love to hate as they struggle for control of a divided kingdom.
It is this very vitality that has led it to be adapted as the HBO miniseries “Game of Thrones.”
