Pub Date: October 29, 2013
Dewey: FIC
Lexile Code: 0000
Features: Maps, Price on Product
Target Age Group: NA to NA
Physical Info: 1.80" H x 7.00" L x 4.30" W ( 1.05 lbs) 1152 pages
BISAC Categories:
Fiction | Fantasy | Epic | Action and Adventure | Science Fiction
Series: Song of Ice and Fire
Description: The saga that is the basis for the hit HBO] Original Series "Game of Thrones" continues in Book Five, as both familiar faces and surprising new forces vie for a foothold in a fragmented empire. Available in a tall Premium Edition.
Review Quotes: "Epic fantasy as it should be written: passionate, compelling, convincingly detailed and thoroughly imagined."--The Washington Post
"Long live George Martin . . . a literary dervish, enthralled by complicated characters and vivid language, and bursting with the wild vision of the very best tale tellers."--The New York Times
"One of the best series in the history of fantasy."--Los Angeles Times
"Martin has produced--is producing, since the series isn't over--the great fantasy epic of our era . . . His skill as a crafter of narrative exceeds that of almost any literary novelist writing today."--Lev Grossman, Time
"By turns thrilling, funny, scary, emotionally devastating, oddly inspirational, and just plain grand . . . Grade: A"--Entertainment Weekly
"A taut and relentless masterpiece that reaffirms the reader's obsession with the panoply of unforgettable characters that Martin has created, and the brutal, glittering, terrible world in which these novels are set . . . Machiavelli, you have met your match in Martin."--The Daily Beast