A Game of Thrones (1998)
A Game of Thrones is a 1998 adult book written by George R. R. Martin.
In the Seven Kingdoms of Westeros, summers last years and winters can last a lifetime, and as one is ending the noble house sworn to guard the realm is pulled south into a game of thrones it never wanted to play. George R. R. Martin rotates the story through a dozen viewpoints, a bastard son bound for a wall of ice, a girl sold into a horse-lord's marriage across the sea, and refuses to keep his heroes safe. It is epic fantasy stripped of comfort, where honor is usually a fatal habit.
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What is A Game of Thrones about?
In the Seven Kingdoms of Westeros, summers last years and winters can last a lifetime, and as one is ending the noble house sworn to guard the realm is pulled south into a game of thrones it never wanted to play. George R. R. Martin rotates the story through a dozen viewpoints, a bastard son bound for a wall of ice, a girl sold into a horse-lord's marriage across the sea, and refuses to keep his heroes safe. It is epic fantasy stripped of comfort, where honor is usually a fatal habit.
When was A Game of Thrones published?
A Game of Thrones was published on 5 January 1998.
Who made A Game of Thrones?
A Game of Thrones was written by George R. R. Martin.
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https://georgerrmartin.com/grrm_book/a-game-of-thrones-a-song-of-ice-and-fire-book-one/
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A few thoughts on A Game of Thrones
George R.R. Martin made fantasy where honor gets you killed. Game of Thrones adapts this very book to screen, and The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt lets you live in the same morally grey world as a game.
Continue the Song of Ice and Fire saga on screen and in story
Martin's A Game of Thrones ends the way its television and game descendants pick up: houses scheming, loyalties shifting, no character safe from a sudden turn. These follow the same Westeros through the flagship show, the House Targaryen prequel, the coming Dunk and Egg tale, and Telltale's branching story, so you can watch and play the political knife-fight you first met on the page.
Play the game of thrones yourself: Westeros strategy and rule
If the maneuvering between the great houses was your favorite part of A Game of Thrones, these put the scheming in your hands. Command armies, hold territory, or swipe through royal decisions across board-game, real-time-strategy, and rule-the-realm formats, each built on the same alliances-and-betrayal logic that drives Westeros politics.