02109nam a2200277u  4500001001100000005001700011007000300028008004100031020002500072050002700097100003300124245004400157250003300201260004600234300004200280500009000322500003500412500005200447520117700499650002001676740002001696740001901716740002001735740002001755800005601775713573458 20190501211045.0ta160916b        ||||||||||||||||||||eng|u  a9780553573428 (pbk.)  aPS3563.A7239bS85 20111 aMartin, George R. R,eauthor12aA Storm of Swords cGeorge R.R. Martin.  aBantam Books mass market ed.  aNew York :b Bantam Books,c 2011, c2000.  a1177, [14] p. :bill., maps ;c18 cm.  aIncludes excerpt from A feast for crows; Song of ice and fire, book 4 (14 p. at end).  aPrequel to: A feast for crows.  aSequel to: A clash of kings, A game of thrones.  a"Of the five contenders for power, one is dead, another in disfavor, and still the wars rage as violently as ever, as alliances are made and broken. Joffrey, of House Lannister, sits on the Iron Throne, the uneasy ruler of the land of the Seven Kingdoms. His most bitter rival, Lord Stannis, stands defeated and disgraced, the victim of the jealous sorceress who holds him in her evil thrall. But young Robb, of House Stark, still rules the North from the fortress of Riverrun. Robb plots against his despised Lannister enemies, even as they hold his sister hostage at King's Landing, the seat of the Iron Throne. Meanwhile, making her way across a blood-drenched continent is the exiled queen, Daenerys, mistress of the only three dragons still left in the world. But as opposing forces maneuver for the final titanic showdown, an army of barbaric wildlings arrives from the outermost line of civilization. In their vanguard is a horde of mythical Others--a supernatural army of the living dead whose animated corpses are unstoppable. As the future of the land hangs in the balance, no one will rest until the Seven Kingdoms have exploded in a veritable storm of swords." 0aFantasy fiction02aGame of thrones02aClash of kings02aStorm of swords02aFeast for crows1 aMartin, George R. R.tSong of ice and fire ;vbk. 3