Fire and Blood: The inspiration for 2022’s highly anticipated HBO and Sky TV series HOUSE OF THE DRAGON from the internationally bestselling creator of ... GAME OF THRONES (A Song of Ice and Fire) - Hardcover

Martin, George R.R.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0008307733 ISBN 13: 9780008307738

Publisher: HarperVoyager, 2018

Synopsis

Set 300 years before the events in A Song of Ice and Fire, Fire and Blood is the definitive history of the Targaryens in Westeros as told by Archmaester Gyldayn, and chronicles the conquest that united the Seven Kingdoms under Targaryen rule through the Dance of the Dragons: the Targaryen civil war that nearly ended their dynasty forever.

The thrilling history of the Targaryens comes to life in this masterly work by the author of A Song of Ice and Fire, the inspiration for HBO’s Game of Thrones.

With all the fire and fury fans have come to expect from internationally best-selling author George R.R. Martin, this is the first volume of the definitive two-part history of the Targaryens in Westeros.

Centuries before the events of A Game of Thrones, House Targaryen – the only family of dragonlords to survive the Doom of Valyria – took up residence on Dragonstone. Fire and Blood begins their tale with the legendary Aegon the Conqueror, creator of the Iron Throne, and goes on to recount the generations of Targaryens who fought to hold that iconic seat, all the way up to the civil war that nearly tore their dynasty apart.

What really happened during the Dance of the Dragons? Why did it become so deadly to visit Valyria after the Doom? What is the origin of Daenerys’s three dragon eggs? These are but a few of the questions answered in this essential chronicle, as related by a learned maester of the Citadel and featuring more than eighty all-new black-and-white illustrations by artist Doug Wheatley. Readers have glimpsed small parts of this narrative in such volumes as The World of Ice & Fire but now, for the first time, the full tapestry of Targaryen history is revealed.

With all the scope and grandeur of Gibbon’s The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Fire and Blood is the ultimate game of thrones, giving readers a whole new appreciation for the dynamic, often bloody, and always fascinating history of Westeros.

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Review:

‘A masterpiece’
SUNDAY TIMES

‘An epic take, viewed from soaring heights’
DAILY MAIL

‘A feast of pure imagination’
SFX

‘The sheer detail of the richly layered world [Martin] has created is astonishing, with narrative twists and turns aplenty’
SUNDAY EXPRESS

PRAISE FOR A SONG OF ICE AND FIRE:

‘Of those who work in the grand epic fantasy tradition, Martin is by far the best’
TIME MAGAZINE

‘Colossal, staggering...Martin captures all the intoxicating complexity of the Wars of the Roses or Imperial Rome’
SFX

‘Martin’s style is so vivid that you will be hooked within a few pages’
THE TIMES

‘I always expect the best from George R.R. Martin and he always delivers’
ROBERT JORDAN

From the Back Cover:

Set 300 years before the events in A Song of Ice and Fire, FIRE AND BLOOD is the definitive history of the Targaryens in Westeros as told by Archmaester Gyldayn, and chronicles the conquest that united the Seven Kingdoms under Targaryen rule through to the Dance of the Dragons: the Targaryen civil war that nearly ended their dynasty forever.

About this edition

• Publisher: HarperVoyager
• Publication date: 2018
• ISBN 10: 0008307733
• ISBN 13: 9780008307738
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 736