Descriptions, Reviews, etc.
Description:
In a land where summers can last decades and winters a lifetime, trouble is brewing. The cold is returning, and sinister forces are massing beyond the kingdom's protective Wall.
Review Quotes: "I always expect the best from George R. R. Martin, and he always delivers."--Robert Jordan
"Reminiscent of T. H. White's
The Once and Future King, this novel is an absorbing combination of the mythic, the sweepingly historical, and the intensely personal."
--Chicago Sun-Times "A vast, rich saga, with splendid characters and an intricate plot flawlessly articulated against a backdrop of real depth and texture."
--Kirkus Reviews "Martin makes a triumphant return to high fantasy . . . [with] superbly developed characters, accomplished prose, and sheer bloodymindedness."
--Publishers Weekly, starred review "A splendid saga . . . . Inventive and intricately plotted."
--BookPage "Such a splendid tale and such a fantasticorical! I read my eyes out and couldn't stop 'til I finished and it was dawn."
--Anne McCaffrey
