HBO’s strike series A GAME OF THRONES is dependant on George R. R. Martin’s internationally bestselling series A Track OF Snow AND FIRE, the greatest fantasy epic of the present day age. A CLASH OF KINGS is the second quantity in the series.

Throughout Westeros, the cold winds are rising.

In the ancient citadel of Dragonstone to the forbidding lands of Winterfell, chaos reigns as pretenders to the Iron Throne of the Seven Kingdoms stake their claims through tempest, turmoil and war.

Being a prophecy of doom cuts across the sky – a comet the colour of bloodstream and flame – five factions struggle for control of a divided land. Brother plots against brother and the inactive rise to walk in the night.

Against a backdrop of incest, fratricide, alchemy and murder, the price tag on glory is measured in blood.