It is a time when the wise and the ambitious, the deceitful and the strong will acquire the skills, the power, and the magic to survive the stark and terrible times that lie before them. Now in the Seven Kingdoms, as the human crows assemble over a banquet of ashes, daring new plots and dangerous new alliances are formed, while surprising faces – some familiar, others only just appearing – are seen emerging from an ominous twilight of past struggles and chaos to take up the challenges ahead.

The war, which raged out of control for so long, has burned itself out.īut as in the aftermath of any climactic struggle, it is not long before the survivors, outlaws, renegades, and carrion eaters start to gather, picking over the bones of the dead and fighting for the spoils of the soon-to-be dead.

Few legitimate claims to the once desperately sought Iron Throne still exist – or they are in held in hands too weak or too distant to wield them effectively. With the death of the monstrous King Joffrey, Cersei is ruling as regent in King’s Landing, Robb Stark’s demise has broken the back of the northern rebels, and his siblings are scattered throughout the kingdom like seeds on barren soil. After centuries of bitter strife and fatal treachery, the seven powers dividing the land have decimated one another into an uneasy truce. Published by Random House on 17th October 2005

MartinĤ July, 2013 Paul Beimers Reviews 7 comments A Feast for Crows by George R.

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