A Clash of Kings

THE BOOK BEHIND THE SECOND SEASON OF GAME OF THRONES, AN ORIGINAL SERIES NOW ON HBO. Here is the second volume in George R.R. Martin's magnificent cycle of novels that includes A Game of Thrones and A Storm of Swords. A comet the color of blood and flame cuts across the sky. Two great leaders who hold sway over an age of enforced peace are dead, victims of royal treachery. Now chaos reigns. Six factions struggle for control of a divided land and the Iron Throne of the Seven Kingdoms, preparing to stake their claims through tempest, turmoil, and war.