THE BOOK BEHIND THE FOURTH SEASON OF THE ACCLAIMED HBO SERIES GAME OF THRONES 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 CROWS It 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.
