A Clash of Kings by George R.R. Martin [FIRST EDITION] 1999

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A Clash of Kings by George R.R. Martin [A SONG OF ICE AND FIRE #2]

FIRST EDITION / FIFTH PRINTING [1999] BANTAM / SPECTRA

Hardcover with dust jacket.

Metallic style jacket w/ embossed cover fonts. Dust jacket is in excellent condition, housed in a protective mylar jacket.

Book itself is in fair condition; yellow boards show visible soiling to front and back; staining to text block [see last photo] visible on bottom and sides but does not affect interior pages; however, binding is tight, interior contents are clean and bright; reads beautifully!

A comet the color of blood and flame cuts across the sky. Two great leaders—Lord Eddard Stark and Robert Baratheon—who hold sway over an age of enforced peace are dead, victims of royal treachery. Now, 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 in the 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.

Here is the second volume in George R.R. Martin magnificent cycle of novels that includes A Game of Thrones and A Storm of Swords. As a whole, this series comprises a genuine masterpiece of modern fantasy, bringing together the best the genre has to offer. Magic, mystery, intrigue, romance, and adventure fill these pages and transport us to a world unlike any we have ever experienced. Already hailed as a classic, George R.R. Martin stunning series is destined to stand as one of the great achievements of imaginative fiction.