Series: Book 4 in the A Song of Ice and Fire series
Rating: ****
Tags: Fiction, General, Magic, Fantasy, Science Fiction, Fantasy Fiction, Epic, Imaginary Places, Imaginary Wars and Battles, American Science Fiction And Fantasy, Fiction - Fantasy, Science Fiction - General, Fantasy - Epic, Outlaws, Peace, Seven Kingdoms (Imaginary Place), Historical - General, Fiction - Historical, Lang:en
Summary
Few books have captivated the
imagination and won the devotion and praise of readers and
critics everywhere as has George R. R. Martin’s
monumental epic cycle of high fantasy. Now, in A Feast for
Crows, Martin delivers the long-awaited fourth book of his
landmark series, as a kingdom torn asunder finds itself at last
on the brink of peace...only to be launched on an even more
terrifying course of destruction.A Feast for CrowsIt seems too
good to be true. After centuries of bitter strife and fatal
treachery, the seven powers dividing the land have decimated
one another into an uneasy truce. Or so it appears....With the
death of the monstrous King Joffrey, Cersei is ruling as regent
in King’s Landing. Robb Stark’s demise has broken
the back of the Northern rebels, and his siblings are scattered
throughout the kingdom like seeds on barren soil. Few
legitimate claims to the once desperately sought Iron Throne
still exist—or they are held in hands too weak or too
distant to wield them effectively. The war, which raged out of
control for so long, has burned itself out. But as in the
aftermath of any climactic struggle, it is not long before the
survivors, outlaws, renegades, and carrion eaters start to
gather, picking over the bones of the dead and fighting for the
spoils of the soon-to-be dead. Now in the Seven Kingdoms, as
the human crows assemble over a banquet of ashes, daring new
plots and dangerous new alliances are formed, while surprising
faces—some familiar, others only just appearing—are
seen emerging from an ominous twilight of past struggles and
chaos to take up the challenges ahead. It is a time when the
wise and the ambitious, the deceitful and the strong will
acquire the skills, the power, and the magic to survive the
stark and terrible times that lie before them. It is a time for
nobles and commoners, soldiers and sorcerers, assassins and
sages to come together and stake their fortunes...and their
lives. For at a feast for crows, many are the guests—but
only a few are the survivors.From the Hardcover edition.