You’ve read the books. You’ve watched the hit series on HBO. Now acclaimed novelist Daniel Abraham and illustrator Tommy Patterson bring George R. R. Martin’s epic fantasy masterwork A Game of Thrones to majestic new life in the pages of this graphic novel. Comprised of the initial six issues of the comic book series, this is the first volume in what is sure to be one of the most coveted … coveted collaborations of the year.
Winter is coming. Such is the stern motto of House Stark, the northernmost of the fiefdoms that owe allegiance to King Robert Baratheon in far-off King’s Landing. There Eddard Stark of Winterfell rules in Robert’s name. There his family dwells in peace and comfort: his proud wife, Catelyn, his sons Robb, Brandon, and Rickon, his daughters Sansa and Arya, and his bastard son, Jon Snow. Far to the north, behind the towering Wall, lie savage Wildings and worse—unnatural things relegated to myth during the centuries-long summer . . . but proving all too real and all too deadly in the turning of the season.
Yet a more immediate threat lurks to the south, where Jon Arryn, the Hand of the King, has died under mysterious circumstances. Now Robert is riding north to Winterfell, bringing his queen, the lovely but cold Cersei, his son, Prince Joffrey, a cruel, vainglorious youth, and the queen’s brothers Jaime and Tyrion of the powerful and wealthy House Lannister—the first a swordsman without equal, the second a dwarf whose stunted stature belies a brilliant mind. All heading for Winterfell and a fateful encounter that will change the course of kingdoms.
While across the Narrow Sea, Prince Viserys, heir of the fallen House Targaryen, which once ruled all of Westeros, schemes to reclaim the throne with an army of barbarian Dothraki—whose loyalty he will purchase in the only coin left to him: his beautiful yet innocent sister, Daenerys.
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I read it. When I had finished it, I wished there had been a shorter version. After I read the next two books in this series, I quit. Game of Thrones was on HBO and that serves me very well.
George R. R. Martin uses too many words!
Great Art
I don’t know what to say, other than George R. R. Martin is BRILLIANT!!
I only wish he would write FASTER!!
I love these books. I have read them all twice and can’t wait for the new one. Then I will go back and read them all again to refresh my memory on all of them. Love the books.
This was a very small sampling of the new graphic novel. Not even a chapter just a few pages. The 5 star rating has to do with what I know about the story already not this book.
Game of throne with beautiful illustrations!
This is the be-all, end-all of gritty fantasy; it doesn’t get any better.
Puts the reader right into the action. Very well written. Well-developed characters. Made me want to explore this world further by reading more of the books in the series, which I did.
Very good, faithful to the book