Review: Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire #1) by George R R Martin

5 stars for A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire book 1) by George R. R. Martin.

I enjoy thoroughly, this long joyride of 2088 kb in kindle edition which translates to 864 pages in paperback.

A Games of Thrones is an epic masterpiece of fantasy. A splendid tale spun in a vividly real world with well drawn characters set in an intricately complex yet coherent plotting. There is much bloodshed, cruelty and death, nevertheless compelling.

It is most fascinating to watch Martin's characters grow and mature, particularly Stark's children, who stand as centre of attention in the book.

For fans who have watched A Game of Thrones Season 1-4, reading of this book is still highly recommended to fully appreciate the finer details. For those planning/intending to watch the drama series (myself included), it is recommended to start off with reading the book to gain in-depth first insight to the inner voices of the various characters.

Publisher: Bantam; Reissue edition
Publication date: 1 Aug 1996

*** Favorite quote 1 ***

When I was a boy, it was said that a long summer always meant a long winter to come.
This summer has lasted nine years, Tyrion, and a tenth will soon be upon us.
Think on that.

*** Favorite quote 2 ***

Winter is coming, and when the Long Night falls, only the Night's Watch will stand between the realm and the darkness that sweeps from the north.

*** Favorite quote 3 ***

Stone was a bastard's name in the Vale, as Snow was in the north, and Flowers in Highgarden; in each of the Seven Kingdoms, custom had fashioned a surname for children born with no names of their own.

*** Favorite quote 4 ***

A man of the Night's Watch lives his life for the realm.
Not for a king, nor a lord, nor the honor of this house or that house,
neither for gold nor glory nor a woman's love, but for the realm, and all the people in it.
A man of the Night's Watch takes no wife and fathers no sons.
Our wife is duty.
Our mistress is honor.
And you are the only sons we shall ever know.

~ A Game of Thrones
George R. R. Martin

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Map of the Seven Kingdom and Winterfell,
each represented by its Sigil.

Long ago, in a time forgotten, a preternatural event threw the seasons out of balance. In a land where summers can last decades and winters a lifetime, trouble is brewing. The cold is returning, and in the frozen wastes to the north of Winterfell, sinister and supernatural forces are massing beyond the kingdom’s protective Wall. At the center of the conflict lie the Starks of Winterfell, a family as harsh and unyielding as the land they were born to. Sweeping from a land of brutal cold to a distant summertime kingdom of epicurean plenty, here is a tale of lords and ladies, soldiers and sorcerers, assassins and bastards, who come together in a time of grim omens.

Here an enigmatic band of warriors bear swords of no human metal; a tribe of fierce wildlings carry men off into madness; a cruel young dragon prince barters his sister to win back his throne; and a determined woman undertakes the most treacherous of journeys. Amid plots and counterplots, tragedy and betrayal, victory and terror, the fate of the Starks, their allies, and their enemies hangs perilously in the balance, as each endeavors to win that deadliest of conflicts: the game of thrones.

*Blurb from author's website*

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