01494nam a2200229 i 450000500170000000800410001702000380005804000250009608200150012110000350013624500850017126400750025626400110033130000310034233600210037333700250039433800230041952007420044265000200118465000400120465000200124420200119153644.0110412t20031996enkb   e      000 f eng d  a9780006479888cRM36.90qpaperback  aPPAKbengcPPAKerda04a823.922221 aMartin, George R. R.,eauthor.12aA GAME OF THRONES.nBOOK ONE OF :bA Song of Ice and Fire /cGEORGE R.R. MARTIN  1aLondon :bHARPER Voyager, An imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers,c2003 4c©1996  a801 pages :bmaps ;c18 cm  2rdacontentatext  2rdamediaaunmediated  2rdacarrieravolume  aThe first volume of A Song of Ice and Fire, the greatest fantasy epic of the modern age. GAME OF THRONES is now a major TV series from HBO, starring Sean Bean. Summers span decades. Winter can last a lifetime. And the struggle for the Iron Throne has begun. As Warden of the north, Lord Eddard Stark counts it a curse when King Robert bestows on him the office of the Hand. His honour weighs him down at court where a true man does what he will, not what he must ...and a dead enemy is a thing of beauty. The old gods have no power in the south, Stark's family is split and there is treachery at court. Worse, the vengeance-mad heir of the deposed Dragon King has grown to maturity in exile in the Free Cities. He claims the Iron Throne.10aEnglish fiction20aImaginary wars and battlesvFiction20aFantasy fiction