A Song of Ice and Fire · Book 2

A Game of Thrones

by George R. R. Martin

Published
9 August 1996
Pages
801
ISBN-13
9780006479901
Type
novel

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About this book

A Game of Thrones is the first book in A Song of Ice and Fire, published in 1996 and running 801 pages.

Its place in A Song of Ice and Fire

A Game of Thrones is book 2 in the A Song of Ice and Fire series. It follows Blood of the Dragon. It is followed by A Clash of Kings. 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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