02801cam a2200433 4500 605500707 TxAuBib 20220915120000.0 951011s1996||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 95043936 9780553593716 pbk. $8.99 0553593714 pbk. $8.99 9780553103540 $21.95 0553103547 $21.95 9780553381689 trade pbk. $16.00 0553381687 trade pbk. $16.00 9780553573404 pbk. $8.99 0553573403 pbk. $8.99 9780553386790 trade pbk. $17.00 0553386794 trade pbk. $17.00 (OCoLC)33360758 TxAuBib Martin, George R. R. A game of thrones / by George R.R. Martin. New York : Bantam Books, 1996. 694 p. ; 25 cm. Song of ice and fire, 1 Includes two maps covering the territory of A game of thrones on endpapers. 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." Treachery, murder, incest. "Long ago, in a time forgotten, a preternatural event threw the seasons out of balance. In a land where summers can last decades and winters a lifetime, trouble is brewing. The cold is returning, and in the frozen wastes to the north of Winterfell, sinister and supernatural forces are massing beyond the kingdom's protective Wall. At the center of the conflict lie the Starks of Winterfell, a family as harsh and unyielding as the land they were born to. Sweeping from a land of brutal cold to a distant summertime kingdom of epicurean plenty, here is a tale of lords and ladies, soldiers and sorcerers, assassins and bastards, who come together in a time of grim omens. Here an enigmatic band of warriors bear swords of no human metal; a tribe of fierce wildlings carry men off into madness; a cruel young dragon prince barters his sister to win back his throne; and a determined woman undertakes the most treacherous of journeys. Amid plots and counterplots, tragedy and betrayal, victory and terror, the fate of the Starks, their allies, and their enemies hangs perilously in the balance, as each endeavors to win that deadliest of conflicts: the game of throne"--Provided by publisher. 20220915. Kings and rulers Fiction. Voyages and travels Fiction. Imaginary wars and battles Fiction. Betrayal Fiction. Dragons Fiction. Fantasy fiction. Song of ice and fire, 1.