A Song of Ice and Fire · Book 3

A Clash of Kings

by George R. R. Martin

Published
16 November 1998
Pages
761
ISBN-13
9780008115418
Type
novel

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Cover of A Clash of Kings

About this book

A Clash of Kings (1998) widens the war for the Iron Throne that A Game of Thrones set in motion, following Martin's scheming queens and rival claimants as the Seven Kingdoms tear themselves apart. It's the second of the five published novels.

Its place in A Song of Ice and Fire

A Clash of Kings is book 3 in the A Song of Ice and Fire series. It follows A Game of Thrones. It is followed by A Storm of Swords. See the full A Song of Ice and Fire reading order.

A Song of Ice and Fire is George R. R. Martin's sprawling epic of the Seven Kingdoms of Westeros, a land where summers last years, winters can last a generation, and the death of a king sets great houses tearing at one another for the Iron Throne. It opens with A Game of Thrones (1996), in which the honourable Lord Eddard Stark is summoned south to serve a king he once helped crown — and discovers that in the capital, honour is a fatal handicap. Martin writes through dozens of point-of-view characters on every…

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