A clash of kings/Harper Collins - George R. R. Martin - książka

George R. R. Martin's superb fantasy epic continues in consummate style as

bloodshed and alchemy lay waste the Seven Kingdoms in the second volume of

A Song of Ice and Fire. The Iron Throne once united the Sunset Lands, but

King Robert is dead, his widow is a traitor to his memory, and his

surviving brothers are set on a path of war amongst themselves. At King's

Landing, the head of Lord Eddard Stark rots on a spike for all to see. His

daughter Sansa is betrothed still to his killer's son Joffrey -- Queen

Cersei's son, though not the son of her late husband Robert. Even so,

Joffrey is now a boy-king, Cersei is his regent, and war is inevitable. In

Dragonstone, Robert's brother Stannis has declared himself king, while his

other brother Renly proclaims himself king at Storm's End -- and Eddard

Stark's fifteen year old son Robb wears the crown of the north at

Winterfell. A comet in the night sky, red and malevolent, the colour of

blood and flame, can only be an omen of murder and war. Stannis's child

Princess Shireen dreams of dragons waking from stone. And a white raven has

brought word from the Citadel itself, foretelling summer's end. It has been

the longest summer in living memory, lasting ten years, and the smallfolk

say it means an even longer winter to come...

The first rule of war is never

give the enemy his wish. But winter will be the biggest enemy. From beyond

the Wall the undead and Others clamour for freedom, and from beyond the sea

the long-dead Dragon King's daughter hatches her revenge. Robb Stark will

be exceedingly lucky to reach adulthood.