A Clash of KingsA Clash of Kings
George R.R. Martin
Voyager
708 pages
Read in 2008

From the ancient citadel of Dragonstone to the forbidding shores of Winterfell, chaos reigns as pretenders to the Iron Throne of the Seven Kingdomes prepare to stake their claims. As a prophecy of doom cuts across the sky - a comet the colour of blood and flame - five factions struggle for control of a divided land. Against a backdrom of incest and fratricide, alchemy and murder, the price of glory is measured in blood.