Fire and Blood

The inspiration for HBO and Sky TV series HOUSE OF THE DRAGON from the internationally bestselling creator of GAME OF THRONES

Centuries before A Game of Thrones, an even greater game began, one that set the skies alight with dragon flame and saw the Seven Kingdoms turned to ash.

Informationen zum Autor George R.R. Martin Klappentext Set three-hundred years prior to the events of "A Song Of Ice & Fire", the history of the Targaryens in Westeros as told by Archmaester Gyldayn is given here, comparable in scope and grandeur to Gibbon's "The History Of The Decline & Fall Of The Roman Empire", presenting the history of Westeros in a dynamic new light.

Auteur

George R.R. Martin is the author of fifteen novels and novellas, including five volumes of A Song of Ice and Fire, several collections of short stories, as well as screenplays for television and feature films. Dubbed 'the American Tolkien', George R.R. Martin has won numerous awards including the World Fantasy Lifetime Achievement Award. He is an Executive Producer on HBO's Emmy Award-winning Game of Thrones, which is based on his A Song of Ice and Fire series. He lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

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Set three-hundred years prior to the events of "A Song Of Ice & Fire", the history of the Targaryens in Westeros as told by Archmaester Gyldayn is given here, comparable in scope and grandeur to Gibbon's "The History Of The Decline & Fall Of The Roman Empire", presenting the history of Westeros in a dynamic new light.

Résumé

'A masterpiece'
SUNDAY TIMES

'An epic take, viewed from soaring heights'
DAILY MAIL

'A feast of pure imagination'
SFX

'The sheer detail of the richly layered world [Martin] has created is astonishing, with narrative twists and turns aplenty'
SUNDAY EXPRESS

PRAISE FOR A SONG OF ICE AND FIRE:

'Of those who work in the grand epic fantasy tradition, Martin is by far the best'
TIME MAGAZINE

'Colossal, staggering...Martin captures all the intoxicating complexity of the Wars of the Roses or Imperial Rome'
SFX

'Martin's style is so vivid that you will be hooked within a few pages'
THE TIMES

'I always expect the best from George R.R. Martin and he always delivers'
ROBERT JORDAN