◎HBO電視影集將於2012年在臺灣上映
◎連續多年蟬聯亞馬遜網路書店年度最佳奇幻小說
◎「星雲獎」、「雨果獎」、「世界奇幻文學獎」及「軌跡獎」得獎作家
◎《魔戒》的托爾金之後,最能代表奇幻文學的名字:喬治.馬汀,入選二○一一年《時代雜誌》百大影響人物
◎網路票選史上最佳百大奇幻小說,「冰與火」名列第四,前三名是托爾金(《魔戒》和《哈比人歷險記》)和 J. K. 羅琳的作品。
◎全系列登上紐約時報平裝本小說排行榜:《權力遊戲》第一名、《烽火危城》第四名、《刀風劍雨》第六名、《群鴉盛宴》第八名。英國亞馬遜書店總榜前十名;西班牙書店暢銷排行榜前十名。
夏日將盡,凶兆紛起!
血紅彗星劃過天際,為這場王位之爭掀開序幕。
在喬佛里稱王之後,其私生子的身分引發謠言,他繼位的正統性受到質疑。在此同時,先王勞勃的兩名兄弟藍禮和史坦尼斯分別集結大軍,策兵向君臨前進,欲奪回屬於他們的王座。史塔克家的長子羅柏身負殺父之仇,同時亦急於救回遭到軟禁的妹妹,他以弒君者詹姆.蘭尼斯特為人質,在北境與泰溫.蘭尼斯特的人馬相互對峙,然而,原先依附於他麾下的諸侯卻一一離去,勢單力薄的他是否真能與蘭尼斯特軍一較高下?艾莉亞逃出王城,隨著欲加入黑衣守夜人的群眾輾轉北逃,期望能回歸故里,但一路上不斷遭到太后瑟曦派出的手下追趕,她能否安全抵達北境,仍是未定之天。瓊恩與守夜人軍團遠征長城以北,但在高牆的那一頭,等待著他們的除了無止盡的嚴寒,還有眼瞳冰藍、令人恐懼不已的異鬼。而真龍傳人丹妮莉絲失去了一切,僅帶著一群老弱殘兵,跟隨著血紅彗星在飢渴與痛苦之中穿越紅色的荒土,追尋渺茫的復國大夢。
天生異象,風雲變色。紅色彗星究竟代表的是吉兆還是凶兆?是斬殺季節的劍,還是血與火的徵象?又或者,它其實預示著一場將血流成河的諸王之戰……
★本書中譯版《冰與火之歌第二部:烽火危城》由高寶出版。
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In this eagerly awaited sequel to A Game of Thrones, George R. R. Martin has created a work of unsurpassed vision, power, and imagination. A Clash of Kings transports us to a world of revelry and revenge, wizardry and warfare unlike any you have ever experienced.
A CLASH OF KINGS
A comet the color of blood and flame cuts across the sky. And from the ancient citadel of Dragonstone to the forbidding shores of Winterfell, 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. It is a tale in which brother plots against brother and the dead rise to walk in the night. Here a princess masquerades as an orphan boy; a knight of the mind prepares a poison for a treacherous sorceress; and wild men descend from the Mountains of the Moon to ravage the countryside. Against a backdrop of incest and fratricide, alchemy and murder, victory may go to the men and women possessed of the coldest steel...and the coldest hearts. For when kings clash, the whole land trembles.