A Song of Ice and Fire · Book 2
A Game of Thrones
- Published
- 9 August 1996
- Pages
- 801
- ISBN-13
- 9780006479901
- Type
- novel

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…
Editions
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