Few books have captivated the imagination and won the devotion and praiseof readers and critics everywhere as has George R. R. Martin's monumentalepic cycle of high fantasy. Now, in A Feast for Crows, Martin delivers thelong-awaited fourth book of his landmark series, as a kingdom torn asunderfinds itself at last on the brink of peace...only to be launched on aneven
more terrifying course of destruction. A Feast for Crows It seemstoo good to be true. After centuries of bitter strife and fatal treachery,the seven powers dividing the land have decimated one another into anuneasy truce. Or so it appears....With the death of the monstrous KingJoffrey, Cersei is ruling as regent in King's Landing. Robb Stark's demisehas broken the back of the Northern rebels, and his siblings are scatteredthroughout the kingdom like seeds on barren soil. Few legitimate claims tothe once desperately sought Iron Throne still exist — or they areheld 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 inthe aftermath of any climactic struggle, it is not long before thesurvivors, outlaws, renegades, and carrion eaters start to gather, pickingover the bones of the dead and fighting for the spoils of the soon-to-bedead. Now in the Seven Kingdoms, as the human crows assemble over abanquet 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 andchaos to take up the challenges ahead. It is a time when the wise andthe ambitious, the deceitful and the strong will acquire the skills, thepower, and the magic to survive the stark and terrible times that liebefore them. It is a time for nobles and commoners, soldiers andsorcerers, assassins and sages to come together and stake theirfortunes...and their lives. For at a feast for crows, many are the guests— but only a few are the survivors.