A Game of Thrones

Martin, George R. R.

ISBN 10: 0553573403 / ISBN 13: 9780553573404

Published by Bantam Books, New York, 1997

About this Item

Duodecimo in color pictorial wraps (chiefly white spine); 835 pages: map; 18 cm. In English. Series: A Song of Ice and Fire Book 1; Abstract: "A tale of court intrigues in the land of Seven Kingdoms, a country "blessed by golden summers that go on for years, and cursed by cruel winters that can last a generation." The cold is returning to Winterfell, where summers can last decades and winters a lifetime. A time of conflict has arisen in the Stark family, as they are pulled from the safety of their home into a whirlpool of tradedy, betrayal, assassination plots and counterplots. Each decision and action carries with it the potential for conflict as several prominent families, comprised of lords, ladies, soldiers, sorcerers, assassins and bastards, are pulled together in the most deadly game of all, the game of thrones." Fine copy. Wraps and pages are free of marks and creases; tight binding. Like new.

Seller Inventory # 84189

Bibliographic Details

• Title: A Game of Thrones
• Publisher: Bantam Books, New York
• Publication Date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0553573403
• ISBN 13: 9780553573404
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: First paperback edition.
• Condition: Fine
• Seller catalogs:
  • Literature, Fiction, Drama & Poetry

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Synopsis

An ancient cataclysm has thrown the seasons into disarray, and the royal house of Starks is thrust into the center of the conflict, in a tale of lords and ladies, soldiers and sorcerers, assassins and saviors, and the game of thrones. Reprint.

About the Author

George R. R. Martin is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of many novels, including the acclaimed series A Song of Ice and Fire--A Game of Thrones, A Clash of Kings, A Storm of Swords, A Feast for Crows, and A Dance with Dragons--as well as Tuf Voyaging, Fevre Dream, The Armageddon Rag, Dying of the Light, Windhaven (with Lisa Tuttle), and Dreamsongs Volumes I and II. He is also the creator of The Lands of Ice and Fire, a collection of maps from A Song of Ice and Fire featuring original artwork from illustrator and cartographer Jonathan Roberts, and The World of Ice & Fire (with Elio M. García, Jr., and Linda Antonsson). As a writer-producer, Martin has worked on The Twilight Zone, Beauty and the Beast, and various feature films and pilots that were never made. He lives with the lovely Parris in Santa Fe, New Mexico.