Clash of Kings

Description: Transporting readers into a forgotten land of revelry and revenge, wizardry and warfare, Martin weaves a tale in which maidens cavort with madmen, brother plots against brother, and the dead rise to walk in the night.

Review Quotes: "Martin amply fulfills the first volume's promise and continues what seems destined to be one of the best fantasy series ever written."--The Denver Post

"A truly epic fantasy set in a world bedecked with 8,000 years of history, beset by an imminent winter that will last ten years and bedazzled by swords and spells wielded to devastating effect."--Publishers Weekly, starred review

"High fantasy with a vengeance."--The San Diego Union-Tribune

"Rivals T. H. White's The Once and Future King."--The Des Moines Register

"So complex, fascinating and well-rendered, readers will almost certainly be hooked by the whole series."--The Oregonian

"The richness of this invented world and its cultures lends Mr. Martin's novels the feeling of medieval history rather than fiction--except, of course, that he knows how to entertain."--The Dallas Morning News