Martin’s trophy case is already stuffed with major prizes, including Hugos, Nebulas, Locus Awards and a Bram Stoker. The book stands out from similar work by virtue of its superbly developed characters, accomplished prose and sheer bloody-mindedness. Its ambition: to construct the Twelve Caesars of fantasy fiction, with characters so venomous they could eat the Borgias.’ Guardian. ‘Fantasy literature has never shied away from grandeur, but the sheer-mind-boggling scope of this epic has sent other fantasy writers away shaking their heads. one of the greats of fantasy literature.’ SFX.
Martin captures all the intoxicating complexity of the Wars of the Roses or Imperial Rome in his imaginary world. I couldn’t stop until I’d finished and it was dawn.’ Anne McCaffrey. ‘A Game of Thrones grabs hold and won’t let go.
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