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Fire and Blood Collector’s Edition

The Inspiration for Hbo’s House of the Dragon

George RR Martin author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:HarperCollins Publishers

Published:23rd May '24

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Fire and Blood Collector’s Edition cover

The inspiration for HBO Original and Sky TV series HOUSE OF THE DRAGON from the internationally bestselling creator of GAME OF THRONES

THE INSPIRATION FOR HBO ORIGINAL AND SKY TV’S HOUSE OF THE DRAGONTHE INSPIRATION FOR HBO ORIGINAL AND SKY TV’S HOUSE OF THE DRAGON

Centuries before A Game of Thrones, an even greater game began, one that set the skies alight with dragon flame and saw the Seven Kingdoms turned to ash.

So began the Targaryens’ bloody rule, with fire and blood. Setting brother against brother, mother against daughter, and dragon against dragon.

Chronicled by a learned maester of the Citadel, this thrilling and bloody history of Westeros tells the story of where the battle for the Iron Throne began…

‘A masterpiece’
SUNDAY TIMES

‘An epic take, viewed from soaring heights’
DAILY MAIL

‘A feast of pure imagination’
SFX

‘The sheer detail of the richly layered world [Martin] has created is astonishing, with narrative twists and turns aplenty’
SUNDAY EXPRESS

PRAISE FOR A SONG OF ICE AND FIRE:

‘Of those who work in the grand epic fantasy tradition, Martin is by far the best’
TIME MAGAZINE

‘Colossal, staggering…Martin captures all the intoxicating complexity of the Wars of the Roses or Imperial Rome’
SFX

‘Martin’s style is so vivid that you will be hooked within a few pages’
THE TIMES

‘I always expect the best from George R.R. Martin and he always delivers’
ROBERT JORDAN

ISBN: 9780008699703

Dimensions: 240mm x 159mm x 61mm

Weight: 1000g

736 pages