The first volume of a four-part full-color graphic novel adaptation of the second book in
George R. R. Martin's landmark Song of Ice and Fire series the inspiration for HBO's Game of
Thrones. The four-part graphic novel adaptation of A Game of Thrones proved that George R. R.
Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire has the power to enchant in any medium. Now the story continues
as New York Times bestselling author Landry Q. Walker and illustrator Mel Rubi introduce a
thrilling new series based on the second book in the landmark saga. Time is out of joint. The
summer of peace and plenty ten years long is drawing to a close and the harsh chill winter
approaches like an angry beast. Two great leaders-Lord Eddard Stark and King Robert
Baratheon-who held sway over an age of enforced peace are dead victims of royal treachery. Now
from the ancient citadel of Dragonstone to the forbidding walls of Winterfell chaos reigns as
pretenders to the Iron Throne of the Seven Kingdoms prepare to stake their claims through
tempest turmoil and war. As a prophecy of doom cuts across the sky-a comet the color of blood
and flame-six factions struggle for control of a divided land. Eddard's son Robb has declared
himself King in the North. In the south Joffrey the heir apparent rules in name only victim
of the scheming courtiers who teem over King's Landing. Robert Baratheon's two brothers each
seek his own dominion while a disfavored house turns once more to conquest. And a continent
away an exiled queen the Mother of Dragons risks everything to lead her precious brood
across a hard hot desert to win back the crown that is rightfully hers. Against a backdrop of
incest and fratricide alchemy and murder the price of glory may be measured in blood. And the
spoils of victory may just go to the men and women possessed of the coldest steel . . . and the
coldest hearts. For when rulers clash all the land feels the tremors.
