A Clash of Kings

A Song of Ice and Fire, #2

by George R. R. Martin

Paperback, 1009 pages

English language

Published April 3, 2005 by Bantam Books.

ISBN:: 978-0-553-57990-1
OCLC Number:: 500797293

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A comet the colour of blood and flame cuts across the sky. And from the ancient citadel of Dragonstone to the forbidding shores of Winterfell, chaos reigns. Six factions struggle for control of a divided land and the Iron Throne of the Seven Kingdoms, preparing to stake their claims through tempest, turmoil, and war. It is a tale in which brother plots against brother and the dead rise to walk at night. Here a princess masquerades as an orphan boy; a knight of the mind prepares a poison for a treacherous sorceress; and wild men descend from the Mountains of the Moon to ravage the countryside. Against a backdrop of incest and fratricide, alchemy and murder, victory may go to the men and women possessed of the coldest steel. . .and the coldest hearts. For when kings clash, the whole land trembles.

Audacious, inventive, brilliantly imagined, A CLASH OF KINGS …

Audacious, inventive, brilliantly imagined, A CLASH OF KINGS is a novel of dazzling beauty and boundless enchantment—a tale of pure excitement you will never forget.

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4 stars

I would give this a solid 4.5 stars. On the grander scale of things, this was the ultimate filler book. A lot of stuff was set in motion for the next book, but it felt a lot slower paced than A Game of Thrones. It also lacked the 'Omg, tell me he didn't do that' moments of the first (and third) book. Still, storytelling is tight, characters are many-faceted and interesting, and it was fantastic fantasy fare. Already looking forward to re-reading the next one.