NOW THE ACCLAIMED HBO SERIES GAME OF THRONES--THE MASTERPIECE THAT
BECAME A CULTURAL PHENOMENON
Winter is coming. Such is the stern motto of House Stark, the
northernmost of the fiefdoms that owe allegiance to King Robert
Baratheon in far-off King's Landing. There Eddard Stark of Winterfell
rules in Robert's name. There his family dwells in peace and comfort:
his proud wife, Catelyn; his sons Robb, Brandon, and Rickon; his
daughters Sansa and Arya; and his bastard son, Jon Snow. Far to the
north, behind the towering Wall, lie savage Wildings and
worse--unnatural things relegated to myth during the centuries-long
summer, but proving all too real and all too deadly in the turning of
the season.
Yet a more immediate threat lurks to the south, where Jon Arryn, the
Hand of the King, has died under mysterious circumstances. Now Robert is
riding north to Winterfell, bringing his queen, the lovely but cold
Cersei, his son, the cruel, vainglorious Prince Joffrey, and the queen's
brothers Jaime and Tyrion of the powerful and wealthy House
Lannister--the first a swordsman without equal, the second a dwarf whose
stunted stature belies a brilliant mind. All are heading for Winterfell
and a fateful encounter that will change the course of kingdoms.
Meanwhile, across the Narrow Sea, Prince Viserys, heir of the fallen
House Targaryen, which once ruled all of Westeros, schemes to reclaim
the throne with an army of barbarian Dothraki--whose loyalty he will
purchase in the only coin left to him: his beautiful yet innocent
sister, Daenerys.
