George R. R. Martin’s epic fantasy masterwork A
Game of Thrones is brought to life in the pages of this
full-colour graphic novel. This is the second volume in
what is sure to be one of the most coveted
collaborations of the year.
Now a major Sky
Atlantic TV series from HBO, featuring a stellar
cast.
Novelist Daniel Abraham and illustrator
Tommy Patterson are not merely turning George R. R.
Martin’s epic fantasy A Game of Thrones into a graphic
novel: They are meticulously translating one art form
into another, and capturing the intricate nuances of
Martin’s novels just as HBO is doing with the
blockbuster series. The Abraham/Patterson collaboration
is more than just a faithful adaptation. It is a labor
of love—and a thrilling masterwork in its own
right.
Now, in the second volume, the sweeping
action moves from the icy north, where the bastard Jon
Snow seeks to carve out a place for himself among bitter
outcasts and hardened criminals sworn to service upon
the Wall . . . to the decadent south and the capital
city of King’s Landing, where Jon’s father, Lord Eddard
Stark, serves as the Hand of King Robert Baratheon amid
a nest of courtly vipers . . . to the barbarian lands
across the Narrow Sea, where the young princess Daenerys
Targaryen has found the unexpected in her forced
marriage to the Dothraki warlord Khal Drogo: love—and
with it, for the first time in her life,
power.
Meanwhile, the dwarf Tyrion Lannister,
accused by Lady Catelyn Stark of the attempted murder of
her now-crippled youngest son, must call upon all his
cunning and wit to survive when he is captured and
imprisoned in the lofty dungeons of the Eyrie, where
Lady Stark’s sister—a woman obsessed with vengeance
against all Lannisters—rules. But Catelyn’s impulsive
arrest of the Imp will set in motion a series of violent
events whose outcome is fated to shake the world at the
worst possible moment. For now is not the time for
private feuds and bloodthirsty ambitions.
Winter
is coming . . . and with it, terrors beyond
imagining.
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