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      A Game of Thrones

      by George R.R. Martin
      Published
      Aug 1996
      Main Genre
      Epic Fantasy Epic Fantasy
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      831
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      Series
      A Song of Ice and Fire Book 1

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      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. 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.

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      Genres & Themes

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      Speculative Fiction

      Subgenres

      Epic Fantasy Fantasy

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      Military Movie/TV Adaptations

      Characters & Occupations

      Dragons Zombies

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