Two great leaders-Lord Eddard Stark and Robert Baratheon who held sway over an age of enforced peace are dead.victims of royal treachery. The summer of peace and plenty, ten years long, is drawing to a close, and the harsh, chill winter approaches like an angry beast. Related Posts: A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire #1), A Storm of Swords (A Song of Ice and Fire #3), A Feast For Crows (A Song of Ice and Fire #4), A Dance With Dragons (A Song of Ice and Fire #5) Her notorious reputation convinces others to rally behind her, even if they do so out of fear.Title: A Clash of Kings (A Song of Ice and Fire #2)įind it on the web: Buy from Amazon // Goodreads Date Completed: June 30, 2013 Daenerys won’t relinquish control of her dragons and, instead, burns down various places. The problem is that when she shows other people the dragons, they want to keep them. She plans to use these dragons to convince others to follow her and support her claim. She has three baby dragons at her disposal and a formidable group of loyal followers. At the same time, across the sea, Daenerys makes her own moves. Robb’s sister, Arya, poses as a boy and learns to fight. He wins these battles and rallies other people to his cause. Robb holds the line in Winterfell for a while before drawing the Lannisters into numerous battles. Rickon goes in one direction while Bran and his manservant flee further north. The Stark family knows that to preserve their line and best serve the north’s interests, they must escape. For a time, it is unclear who rules Winterfell. The Stark loyalists attack Winterfell because they want Winterfell back and to revenge the murders. Theon pretends that he has killed two members of the Stark family, Bran and Rickon. These families now ally with the Lannisters to secure the Iron Throne forever.īack in the north, Theon Greyjoy captures the main city, Winterfell. Tyrion arranges various noble marriages to cement alliances between warring families. Joffrey is installed as king over Stannis, and Cersei plans to influence the young king with Tyrion’s help. She appoints her brother, Tyrion Lannister, as an advisor. Meanwhile, the Queen Regent, Cersei, takes over matters in the south where the Iron Throne is. It handles its own battles and cares nothing for what is happening with the Iron Throne. The north doesn’t ask anyone else for help because it’s an independent territory. At the same time, another man claims part of the north for himself and goes to war with Robb. The people declare Robb Stark their new king. In the meantime, the northern territories fight their own battles. Joffrey is too young to reasonably challenge Stannis, but a vicious young man, he plans to steal the Iron Throne. Soldiers sneak into Renly’s room one night and kill him. In retaliation, Stannis arranges Renly’s execution. Stannis’s cohorts hear rumors that Renly plans to steal the throne. He makes Renly is his heir, but Renly doesn’t want to wait for the throne. With the support of the high priestess Melisandre, Stannis declares himself king. Now, his sons, Joffrey, Renly, and Stannis, are fighting to claim it. The rightful king, Robert Baratheon, has recently died, leaving the Iron Throne vacant. In Westeros, however, few people care about Daenerys, because a civil war threatens to tear the whole kingdom apart. Whoever sits on the Iron Throne rules the entire kingdom of Westeros and its seven individual kingdoms. The book begins where the first book, A Game of Thrones, ends Daenerys Targaryen wants to claim the Iron Throne. He spent many years working as a story editor for CBS. Before writing full time, he worked as a journalism teacher and a chess tournament director. Martin is a bestselling fantasy novelist. It is now a world-famous television series. Critics claim that the series is one of the best fantasy sagas ever written. In the book, rival factions struggle to claim control of the Iron Throne now that the kingdom’s peacekeeping rulers are dead. First published in 1998, it is the second book in the award-winning series, A Song of Ice and Fire. A Clash of Kings is an epic fantasy novel by George R.R.
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