A Game of ThronesGeorge R.R. Martin

Fantasy

A Game of Thrones

Book 1 of the A Song of Ice and Fire series

835 pages · First published 1996

When King Robert Baratheon asks Eddard Stark to become his chief adviser, Ned leaves the northern stronghold of Winterfell for a royal court filled with rival families and dangerous secrets. Across the Narrow Sea, exiled princess Daenerys Targaryen is married into a Dothraki khalasar as her brother pursues his dream of reclaiming their dynasty’s throne. Meanwhile, an ancient threat begins stirring beyond the Wall. George R. R. Martin opens A Song of Ice and Fire with sprawling epic fantasy defined by political maneuvering, competing viewpoints, moral ambiguity, and a world where honorable choices can carry devastating consequences.

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