Uma joia-sussurrante o leva a Orlorn e a um amor que julgava perdido. Mas Worlorn não é o mundo que Dirk t'Larien imaginava, e Gwen Delvano não é mais a mulher que conhecera. Ela está ligada a outro homem e a um planeta moribundo preso no crepúsculo, seguindo em direção à noite sem fim. Em meio à essa paisagem desoladora, há um violento choque de culturas, no qual não há códigos ou honra - e caçador e caça trocam de lugar a todo momento.

Presa em um perigoso triângulo, Gwen precisa da proteção de Dirk, e ele fará tudo para mantê-la a salvo, mesmo que isso signifique desafiar o homem bárbaro que a reinvindicara e seu astuto companheiro. Mas um véu impenetrável de segredos cerca todos eles e fica impossível para Dirk distinguir aliados de inimigos. Enquanto eles lutam para permanecerem vivos, um espera pela fuga, um por vingança e outro por uma brutal morte prematura.

When struggling riverboat captain Abner Marsh receives an offer of partnership from a wealthy aristocrat, he suspects something’s amiss. But when he meets the hauntingly pale, steely-eyed Joshua York, he is certain. For York doesn’t care that the icy winter of 1857 has wiped out all but one of Marsh’s dilapidated fleet. Nor does he care that he won’t earn back his investment in a decade. York has his own reasons for wanting to traverse the powerful Mississippi. And they are to be none of Marsh’s concern—no matter how bizarre, arbitrary, or capricious his actions may prove.

Marsh meant to turn down York’s offer. It was too full of secrets that spelled danger. But the promise of both gold and a grand new boat that could make history crushed his resolve—coupled with the terrible force of York’s mesmerizing gaze. Not until the maiden voyage of his new sidewheeler Fevre Dream would Marsh realize he had joined a mission both more sinister, and perhaps more noble, than his most fantastic nightmare...and mankind’s most impossible dream.

Here is the spellbinding tale of a vampire’s quest to unite his race with humanity, of a garrulous riverman’s dream of immortality, and of the undying legends of the steamboat era and a majestic, ancient river.

Long ago, in a time forgotten, a preternatural event threw the seasons out of balance. 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 forces are massing beyond the kingdom’s protective Wall. To the south, the king’s powers are failing—his most trusted adviser dead under mysterious circumstances and his enemies emerging from the shadows of the throne. At the center of the conflict lie the Starks of Winterfell, a family as harsh and unyielding as the frozen land they were born to. Now Lord Eddard Stark is reluctantly summoned to serve as the king’s new Hand, an appointment that threatens to sunder not only his family but the kingdom itself.

Sweeping from a harsh land of cold to a summertime kingdom of epicurean plenty, A Game of Thrones tells a tale of lords and ladies, soldiers and sorcerers, assassins and bastards, who come together in a time of grim omens. Here an enigmatic band of warriors bear swords of no human metal; a tribe of fierce wildlings carry men off into madness; a cruel young dragon prince barters his sister to win back his throne; a child is lost in the twilight between life and death; and a determined woman undertakes a treacherous journey to protect all she holds dear. Amid plots and counter-plots, tragedy and betrayal, victory and terror, allies and enemies, the fate of the Starks hangs perilously in the balance, as each side endeavors to win that deadliest of conflicts: the game of thrones.

In this eagerly awaited sequel to A Game of Thrones, George R. R. Martin has created a work of unsurpassed vision, power, and imagination. A Clash of Kings transports us to a world of revelry and revenge, wizardry and warfare unlike any you have ever experienced.
A comet the color of blood and flame cuts across the sky. And 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.

A collection of some of the best original short fiction published on Tor.com in 2013.

Contents:
“A Rumor of Angels” by Dale Bailey
“The Too-Clever Fox” by Leigh Bardugo
“Thief of War” by Beth Bernobich
“A Window or a Small Box” by Jedediah Berry
“Contains Multitudes” by Ben Burgis
“The Water That Falls on You from Nowhere” by John Chu
“Old Dead Futures” by Tina Connolly
“The Elephant in the Room” by Paul Cornell
“Lawful Interception” by Cory Doctorow
“Wakulla Springs” by Andy Duncan and Ellen Klages
“A Terror” by Jeffrey Ford
“The Hanging Game” by Helen Marshall
“In the Greenwood” by Mari Ness
“The Ink Readers of Doi Saket” by Thomas Olde Heuvelt
“Burning Girls” by Veronica Schanoes
“Rag and Bone” by Priya Sharma
“Equoid” by Charles Stross
“Sing” by Karin Tidbeck
“Terrain” by Genevieve Valentine
“The Best We Can” by Carrie Vaughn
“Super Bass” by Kai Ashante Wilson

Long ago, in a time forgotten, a preternatural event threw the seasons out of balance. 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 forces are massing beyond the kingdom’s protective Wall. To the south, the king’s powers are failing—his most trusted adviser dead under mysterious circumstances and his enemies emerging from the shadows of the throne. At the center of the conflict lie the Starks of Winterfell, a family as harsh and unyielding as the frozen land they were born to. Now Lord Eddard Stark is reluctantly summoned to serve as the king’s new Hand, an appointment that threatens to sunder not only his family but the kingdom itself.

Sweeping from a harsh land of cold to a summertime kingdom of epicurean plenty, A Game of Thrones tells a tale of lords and ladies, soldiers and sorcerers, assassins and bastards, who come together in a time of grim omens. Here an enigmatic band of warriors bear swords of no human metal; a tribe of fierce wildlings carry men off into madness; a cruel young dragon prince barters his sister to win back his throne; a child is lost in the twilight between life and death; and a determined woman undertakes a treacherous journey to protect all she holds dear. Amid plots and counter-plots, tragedy and betrayal, victory and terror, allies and enemies, the fate of the Starks hangs perilously in the balance, as each side endeavors to win that deadliest of conflicts: the game of thrones.

Unparalleled in scope and execution, A Game of Thrones is one of those rare reading experiences that catch you up from the opening pages, won’t let you go until the end, and leave you yearning for more.

Alternate cover edition here .

Em uma terra onde o verão pode durar décadas e o inverno toda uma vida, os problemas estão apenas começando. O frio está de volta e, nas florestas ao norte de Winterfell, forças sobrenaturais se espalham por trás da Muralha que protege a região. No centro do conflito estão os Stark do reino de Winterfell, uma família tão áspera quanto as terras que lhe pertencem.

Dos lugares onde o frio é brutal, até os distantes reinos de plenitude e sol, George R.R. Martin narra uma história de lordes e damas, soldados e mercenários, assassinos e bastardos, que se juntam em um tempo de presságios malignos. Entre disputas por reinos, tragédias e traições, vitória e terror, o destino dos Stark, seus aliados e seus inimigos é incerto. Mas cada um está se esforçando para ganhar este conflito mortal: a guerra dos tronos.

Quando um cometa vermelho cruza os céus de Westeros, os Sete Reinos estão em plena guerra civil. Os exércitos dos Stark e dos Lannister estão se preparando para o confronto final, e Stannis – irmão do falecido Rei Robert –, desejoso de possuir um exército que lute pela sua reivindicação ao trono, alia-se a uma misteriosa religião oriental. Porém, seu irmão mais novo também se proclama rei. E, enquanto isso, os Greyjoy planejam vingança contra todos os que os humilharam dez anos atrás.

Ainda, no distante Leste, poderosos dragões estão prestes a chegar aos Sete Reinos, trazendo fogo e morte... Um perigo de proporções gigantescas, muito maior do que as grandes guerras!

Enquanto os Sete Reinos estremecem com a chegada dos temíveis selvagens, que atravessam a Muralha numa maré interminável de homens gigantes e terríveis bestas, Jon Snow, o Bastardo de Winterfell, que se encontra entre eles, divide-se entre sua consciência e o papel que é forçado a desempenhar.

Robb Stark, o Jovem Lobo, vence todas as suas batalhas, mas será que conseguirá vencer os desafios que não se resolvem apenas com a espada? Arya continua a caminho de Correrrio, mas mesmo uma garota tão destemida como ela terá grande dificuldade em ultrapassar os obstáculos que surgem em seu caminho.

Na corte de Joffrey, em Porto Real, Tyrion luta pela vida, depois de ter sido gravemente ferido na Batalha da Água Negra; e Sansa, livre do compromisso com o homem que agora ocupa o Trono de Ferro, precisa lidar com as consequências de ser a segunda na linha de sucessão de Winterfell, uma vez que Bran e Rickon foram dados como mortos.

No Leste, Daenerys Targaryen navega em direção às terras de sua infância, mas antes ela precisará aportar nas desprezíveis cidades dos escravagistas. Porém a menina indefesa agora é uma mulher poderosa. Quem sabe quanto tempo falta para se transformar em uma conquistadora impiedosa?

Todo o território continua a ferro e fogo.

Dando continuidade à saga mais ambiciosa e imaginativa desde O senhor dos anéis, As crônicas de gelo e fogo prosseguem após o violento triunfo dos traidores. Enquanto os senhores do Norte lutam incessantemente uns contra os outros e os Homens de Ferro estão prestes a emergir como uma força implacável, a rainha regente Cersei tenta manter intacta a força dos leões em Porto Real. Os jovens lobos, sedentos por vingança, estão dispersos pela terra, cada um envolvido à sua maneira no perigoso jogo dos tronos. Arya abandonou Westeros ruma a Bravos, Bran desapareceu na vastidão enigmática para além da Muralha, Sansa está nas mãos do ambicioso e maquiavélico Mindinho, Jon Snow foi proclamado comandanta da Muralha, mas tem que enfrentar a vontade férrea do rei Stannis. No meio de toda a intriga, do outro lado do mar começam a surgir histórias sobre dragões e fogo... Quando Euron Greyjoy consegue ser escolhido como o rei das Ilhas de Ferro, não são apenas essas ilhas que tremem. Olho de Corvo tem como objetivo declarado conquistar Westeros. E seu povo parece acreditar nele. Mas conseguirá Olho de Corvo cumprir seu objetivo? Em Porto Real, Cersei enreda-se cada vez mais nas teias da corte. Desprovida do apoio da família e cercada por um conselho que ela mesmo considera incapaz, precisa lidar ainda com a ameaçadora presença de uma nova corrente militante da Fé. Como se desvencilhará de tal enredo? A guerra está prestes a terminar, mas as terras fluviais continuam assoladas por bandos de salteadores. Apesar da morte do Jovem Lobo, Correrrio ainda resiste ao poderio dos Lannister, e Jaime parte para conquistar o baluarte dos Tully. O mesmo Jaime que jurara solenemente a Catelyn Stark não voltar a pegar em armas contra os Tully ou os Stark. Mas todos sabem que o Regicida é um homem sem honra. Ou será que estão todos errados?

In the aftermath of a colossal battle, the future of the Seven Kingdoms hangs in the balance—beset by newly emerging threats from every direction. In the east, Daenerys Targaryen, the last scion of House Targaryen, rules with her three dragons as queen of a city built on dust and death. But Daenerys has thousands of enemies, and many have set out to find her. As they gather, one young man embarks upon his own quest for the queen, with an entirely different goal in mind.

Fleeing from Westeros with a price on his head, Tyrion Lannister, too, is making his way to Daenerys. But his newest allies in this quest are not the rag-tag band they seem, and at their heart lies one who could undo Daenerys’s claim to Westeros forever.

Meanwhile, to the north lies the mammoth Wall of ice and stone—a structure only as strong as those guarding it. There, Jon Snow, 998th Lord Commander of the Night’s Watch, will face his greatest challenge. For he has powerful foes not only within the Watch but also beyond, in the land of the creatures of ice.

From all corners, bitter conflicts reignite, intimate betrayals are perpetrated, and a grand cast of outlaws and priests, soldiers and skinchangers, nobles and slaves, will face seemingly insurmountable obstacles. Some will fail, others will grow in the strength of darkness. But in a time of rising restlessness, the tides of destiny and politics will lead inevitably to the greatest dance of all.

Published in celebration of the twentieth anniversary of George R. R. Martin’s landmark series, this lavishly illustrated special edition of A Game of Thrones—featuring gorgeous full-page artwork as well as black-and-white illustrations in every chapter—revitalizes the fantasy masterpiece that became a cultural phenomenon. And now the mystery, intrigue, romance, and adventure of this magnificent saga come to life as never before.


A GAME OF THRONES

With a special foreword by John Hodgman

Winter is coming. Such is the stern motto of House Stark, the northernmost of the fiefdoms that owe allegiance to King Robert Baratheon in far-off King’s Landing. There Eddard Stark of Winterfell rules in Robert’s name. There his family dwells in peace and comfort: his proud wife, Catelyn; his sons Robb, Brandon, and Rickon; his daughters Sansa and Arya; and his bastard son, Jon Snow. Far to the north, behind the towering Wall, lie savage Wildings and worse—unnatural things relegated to myth during the centuries-long summer, but proving all too real and all too deadly in the turning of the season.

Yet a more immediate threat lurks to the south, where Jon Arryn, the Hand of the King, has died under mysterious circumstances. Now Robert is riding north to Winterfell, bringing his queen, the lovely but cold Cersei, his son, the cruel, vainglorious Prince Joffrey, and the queen’s brothers Jaime and Tyrion of the powerful and wealthy House Lannister—the first a swordsman without equal, the second a dwarf whose stunted stature belies a brilliant mind. All are heading for Winterfell and a fateful encounter that will change the course of kingdoms.

Meanwhile, across the Narrow Sea, Prince Viserys, heir of the fallen House Targaryen, which once ruled all of Westeros, schemes to reclaim the throne with an army of barbarian Dothraki—whose loyalty he will purchase in the only coin left to him: his beautiful yet innocent sister, Daenerys.

In the aftermath of a colossal battle, the future of the Seven Kingdoms hangs in the balance—beset by newly emerging threats from every direction. In the east, Daenerys Targaryen, the last scion of House Targaryen, rules with her three dragons as queen of a city built on dust and death. But Daenerys has thousands of enemies, and many have set out to find her. As they gather, one young man embarks upon his own quest for the queen, with an entirely different goal in mind.
Fleeing from Westeros with a price on his head, Tyrion Lannister, too, is making his way to Daenerys. But his newest allies in this quest are not the rag-tag band they seem, and at their heart lies one who could undo Daenerys’s claim to Westeros forever.
Meanwhile, to the north lies the mammoth Wall of ice and stone—a structure only as strong as those guarding it. There, Jon Snow, 998th Lord Commander of the Night’s Watch, will face his greatest challenge. For he has powerful foes not only within the Watch but also beyond, in the land of the creatures of ice.
From all corners, bitter conflicts reignite, intimate betrayals are perpetrated, and a grand cast of outlaws and priests, soldiers and skinchangers, nobles and slaves, will face seemingly insurmountable obstacles. Some will fail, others will grow in the strength of darkness. But in a time of rising restlessness, the tides of destiny and politics will lead inevitably to the greatest dance of all.

Librarian note: An alternative cover for this ISBN can be found here .

Summers span decades. Winter can last a lifetime. And the struggle for the Iron Throne has begun.

As Warden of the North, Lord Eddard Stark counts it a curse when King Robert bestows on him the office of the Hand. His honour weighs him down at court where a true man does what he will, not what he must … and a dead enemy is a thing of beauty.

The old gods have no power in the south, Stark's family is split and there is treachery at court. Worse, the vengeance-mad heir of the deposed Dragon King has grown to maturity in exile in the Free Cities. He claims the Iron Throne.