A Storm of Swords

Synopsis

The book behind the third season of game of thrones, an original series now on hbo. Here is the third book in the landmark series that has redefined imaginative fiction and become a modern masterpiece. A storm of swords of the five contenders for power, one is dead, another in disfavor, and still the wars rage. Joffrey sits on the iron throne, the uneasy ruler of the seven kingdoms. His most bitter rival, lord stannis, stands defeated and disgraced, victim of the sorceress who holds him in her thrall. Young robb still rules the north from the fortress of riverrun.