A Song of Ice and Fire · Book 4

A Storm of Swords

by George R. R. Martin

Published
8 August 2000
Pages
992
ISBN-13
9781415902523
Type
novel

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About this book

A Storm of Swords (2000) pushes further into the war for Westeros, following Martin's dozens of point-of-view characters -- among them an exiled princess raising dragons and the sworn brothers of the Night's Watch -- through a series famous for killing anyone regardless of billing.

Its place in A Song of Ice and Fire

A Storm of Swords is book 4 in the A Song of Ice and Fire series. It follows A Clash of Kings. It is followed by A Feast for Crows. 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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