The fifth volume in the greatest epic work of the modern age.
The future of the Seven Kingdoms hangs in the balance.

In the east, Deanerys, last scion of House Targaryen, her dragons grown to terrifying maturity, rules ad queen of the city built on dust and death, beset by enemies.

Now that her whereabouts are known many are seeking Deanerys and her dragons. Among them the dwarf, Tyrion Lannister, who has escaped King's Landing with a price on his head, wrongfully condemned to death for the murder of his nephew, King Jofferey. But not before killing his hated father, Lord Tywin.

To the north lies the great Wall of ice and stone - a structure only as strong as those guarding it. Eddard Stark's bastard son Jon Snow has been elected the 998th Lord Commander of the Night's Watch, but he has enemies both in the Watch and beyond the Wall, where the willing armies are massing for an assault.

On all sides bitter conflicts are reigniting, played out by a grand cast of outlaws and priests, soldiers and skin changers, nobles and slaves. The tides of destiny will inevitably lead to the greatest dance of all...  

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