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A Clash of Kings US cover

A Clash of Kings
by
George R. R. Martin

Book Two of A Song of Ice and Fire

US Bantam Spectra hardback 728 pages
Cover artwork by Stephen Youll (left)

UK Voyager paperback 708 pages
Cover artwork by Jim Burns (right)

 A Clash of Kings UK cover
Aaron's book review of A Clash of Kings on Fantastic Reviews
From inside cover of US hardback:
Time is out of joint.  The summer of peace and plenty, ten years long, is drawing to a close, and the harsh, chill winter approaches like an angry beast.  Two great leaders -- Lord Eddard Stark and Robert Baratheon -- who held sway over an age of enforced peace are dead...victims of royal treachery.  Now, from the ancient citadel of Dragonstone to the forbidding shores of Winterfell, chaos reigns, as pretenders to the Iron Throne of the Seven Kingdoms prepare to stake their claims through tempest, turmoil, and war.

As a prophesy of doom cuts across the sky -- a comet the color of blood and flame -- six factions struggle for control of a divided land.  Eddard's son Robb has declared himself King in the North.  In the south, Joffrey, the heir apparent, rules in name only, victim of the scheming courtiers who teem over King's Landing.  Robert's two brothers each seek their own dominion, while a disfavored house turns once more to conquest.  And a continent away, an exiled queen, the Mother of Dragons, risks everything to lead her precious brood across a hard hot desert to win back the crown that is rightfully hers.

From back cover of UK paperback:
The Price of Glory.  From the ancient citadel of Dragonstone to the forbidding shores of Winterfell, chaos reigns as pretenders to the Iron Throne of the Seven Kingdoms prepare to stake their claims.  As a prophecy of doom cuts across the sky -- a comet the colour of blood and flame -- five factions struggle for control of a divided land.  Against a backdrop of incest and fratricide, alchemy and murder, the price of glory is measured in blood.
Site Links:
Main page for A Game of Thrones - book summary, Aaron's review, Martin bibliography
USA & UK cover art, book blurbs, review links
A Game of Thrones, book one
A Storm of Swords, book three
Artwork from A Song of Ice and Fire series novella
Path of the Dragon
Aaron's book reviews on Fantastic Reviews
Aaron's book review of A Clash of Kings
Aaron's book review of A Storm of Swords
Aaron's book review of A Feast for Crows

A Clash of Kings book reviews on the Web:
dragonsworn Review: A Clash of Kings
SF Site Featured Review - A Clash of Kings

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