#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
When dealing with a
masterpiece, only the best will do. That’s why writer Daniel Abraham and illustrator Tommy Patterson were chosen to adapt George R. R. Martin’s
beloved fantasy classic A Game of Thrones as a graphic novel. And as anyone who has read the previous two collected volumes of the
ongoing series can attest, the result has been a stunning tour de force
faithful in every respect to its brilliant original.
In King’s Landing, Lord Eddard Stark of Winterfell — the Hand of King Robert
Baratheon — is surrounded by enemies. Some are openly declared, such as
Ser Jaime Lannister and his sister, Queen Cersei. Others are hidden in
the shadows. Still others wear the smiling mask of friends. But all are
deadly, as Eddard is about to discover.
Nor is the enmity
between Eddard and the Lannister siblings the sole source of friction
between these powerful noble families. For Tyrion Lannister, the
Imp — whose stunted, twisted body houses the mind of a genius — has but
lately won his freedom from Lady Catelyn Stark, Eddard’s wife, who had
accused him of attempting to murder her youngest son, Brandon. Now he
seeks out his father, his restless thoughts bent on revenge.
Far to the north, the bastard Jon Snow, newly sworn to the Night’s
Watch, takes the first faltering steps toward a destiny stranger than he could ever dream — a destiny that will bring him face-to-face with
unspeakable horrors from beyond the edge of the world.
While
across the Narrow Sea, Daenerys Targaryen, wed to the great Dothraki
warlord Khal Drogo, and pregnant with his child — a son prophesied to
conquer the world — will see her own destiny take an unforeseen turn.
