Softcover, 973 pages
English language
Published May 27, 2002 by Bantam Spectra.
Here is the third volume in George R. R. Martin's magnificent cycle of novels that includes A Game of Thrones and A Clash of Kings. As a whole, this series comprises a genuine masterpiece of modern fantasy, bringing together the best the genre has to offer. Magic, mystery, intrigue, romance, and adventure fill these pages and transport us to a world unlike any we have ever experienced.
Of the five contenders for power, one is dead, another in disfavor, and still the wars rage as violently as ever, as alliances are made and broken. Joffrey, of House Lannister, sits on the Iron Throne, the uneasy ruler of the land of the Seven Kingdoms. His most bitter rival, Lord Stannis, stands defeated and disgraced, the victim of the jealous sorceress who holds him in her evil thrall. But young Robb, of House Stark, still rules the North from the fortress …
Here is the third volume in George R. R. Martin's magnificent cycle of novels that includes A Game of Thrones and A Clash of Kings. As a whole, this series comprises a genuine masterpiece of modern fantasy, bringing together the best the genre has to offer. Magic, mystery, intrigue, romance, and adventure fill these pages and transport us to a world unlike any we have ever experienced.
Of the five contenders for power, one is dead, another in disfavor, and still the wars rage as violently as ever, as alliances are made and broken. Joffrey, of House Lannister, sits on the Iron Throne, the uneasy ruler of the land of the Seven Kingdoms. His most bitter rival, Lord Stannis, stands defeated and disgraced, the victim of the jealous sorceress who holds him in her evil thrall. But young Robb, of House Stark, still rules the North from the fortress of Riverrun. Robb plots against his despised Lannister enemies, even as they hold his sister hostage at King's Landing, the seat of the Iron Throne. Meanwhile, making her way across a blood-drenched continent is the exiled queen, Daenerys, mistress of the only three dragons still left in the world . . .
But as opposing forces maneuver for the final titanic showdown, an army of barbaric wildlings arrives from the outermost line of civilization. In their vanguard is a horde of mythical Others—a supernatural army of the living dead whose animated corpses are unstoppable. As the future of the land hangs in the balance, no one will rest until the Seven Kingdoms have exploded in a veritable storm of swords.
дослухав третю частину саги в перекладі французькою. ну, поділ на частини сто умовний: це ніяка не X-логія, бо оповідка просто обривається — шукай наступну книжку =) загалом непогано: друга частина була значно динамічніша й цікавіша за доволі нудотну першу, третя — ще цікавіша. на мій превеликий жаль, четвертої не знаходжу наразі, тре дочекатися.
As with the other books in the series, gripping, but dark and sometimes depressing.
This was the best book in the series so far
The review is coming
The review is coming...
Not so much a review as random comments:
- It's simply impossible to out-guess Martin. The Red Wedding was so obviously going to happen that I was sure it wouldn't.
- Go Sam.
- I hate that I'm starting to like Jaime Lannister.
I thought this one was a bit of a slow starter, but it sure picks up and steams forward in a hurry. One chapter, everything seems pretty solid, politics as usual, and things in Westeros are almost... stagnant. Truthfully, I was getting quite bored. But then, people start dying, everything goes wild, and it doesn't really stop being wild until the book ends. Even the epilogue has something to add.
