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A Feast for Crows

George R. R. Martin

2005704 pagesabout 11–16 hours
2005
first published
  • 2005Random House Publishing Group · ENGISBN 9780553900323
  • 2005Bantam Books · 753 pages · ENGISBN 9780553801507
  • 2006HarperCollins Publishers · 704 pages · ENGISBN 9780002247429
  • 2011HarperCollins Publishers Limited · 864 pages · ENGISBN 9780007459476
  • 2011Harper Voyager · 864 pages · ENGISBN 9780006486121
  • 2012Harper Voyager · 976 pages · ENGISBN 9780007447862
  • 2014Harper Voyager · 864 pages · ENGISBN 9780007548279
  • 2005Random House Audio · ENGISBN 9780739308745

Few books have captivated the imagination and won the devotion and praise of readers and critics everywhere as has George R. R. Martin’s monumental epic cycle of high fantasy. Now, in *A Feast for Crows*, Martin delivers the long-awaited fourth book of his landmark series, as a kingdom torn asunder finds itself at last on the brink of peace . . . only to be launched on an even more terrifying course of destruction. ***A Feast for Crows*** It seems too good to be true. After centuries of bitter strife and fatal treachery, the seven powers dividing the land have decimated one another into an uneasy truce. Or so it appears. . . . With the death of the monstrous King Joffrey, Cersei is ruling as regent in King’s Landing. Robb Stark’s demise has broken the back of the Northern rebels, and his siblings are scattered throughout the kingdom like seeds on barren soil. Few legitimate claims to the once desperately sought Iron Throne still exist—or they are held 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 in the aftermath of any climactic struggle, it is not long before the survivors, outlaws, renegades, and carrion eaters start to gather, picking over the bones of the dead and fighting for the spoils of the soon-to-be dead. Now in the Seven Kingdoms, as the human crows assemble over a banquet 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 and chaos to take up the challenges ahead. It is a time when the wise and the ambitious, the deceitful and the strong will acquire the skills, the power, and the magic to survive the stark and terrible times that lie before them. It is a time for nobles and commoners, soldiers and sorcerers, assassins and sages to come together and stake their fortunes . . . and their lives. For at a feast for crows, many are the guests—but only a few are the survivors. Preceded by: ***A Storm of Swords*** Followed by: ***A Dance With Dragons*** (Source) [1]: https://openlibrary.org/works/OL257914W [2]: https://openlibrary.org/works/OL1955906W [3]: https://georgerrmartin.com/grrm_book/a-feast-for-crows-a-song-of-ice-and-fire-book-four/

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