A Clash of Kings
In this thrilling 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 we have ever experienced. ***A Clash of Kings*** A comet the color of blood and flame cuts across the sky. Two great leaders—Lord Eddard Stark and Robert Baratheon—who hold sway over an age of enforced peace are dead, victims of royal treachery. Now, 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 wh
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A red comet splits the sky over Westeros and five kings claim the Iron Throne at once. Tyrion arrives in King's Landing as Hand, Daenerys walks her dragons toward Qarth, and the North feels the war for the first time.
Yes. A Clash of Kings is the second book in George R.R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire, published in 1998. It follows A Game of Thrones and is followed by A Storm of Swords.
Yes. A Clash of Kings continues directly from A Game of Thrones with the same cast and ongoing storylines. It is not designed as a standalone.
Season 2 of HBO's Game of Thrones adapts most of A Clash of Kings, including the Battle of the Blackwater. The show condenses several plotlines and changes some character arcs. The book includes more political detail and additional point-of-view chapters.
A Clash of Kings was written by George R.R. Martin, published in 1998 by BCA.
A Clash of Kings is 761 pages in standard print editions, though page counts vary slightly between hardcover, paperback, and large-print formats.
At an average reading pace of about 250 words per minute, A Clash of Kings takes most readers 11 to 16 hours to finish.
A Clash of Kings is a standalone novel by George R.R. Martin, not part of a series.
A Clash of Kings is available in hardcover, paperback, ebook, and audiobook formats from Amazon, Bookshop.org, ThriftBooks, and most major bookstores.
