William Nelson @ 2002-05-15

A Clash of Kings: A Song of Ice and Fire: Book Two

$8.99

Now THIS is a good series! I was getting so tired of, "oh look, its ANOTHER dragon!" fantasies. This book could ALMOST be real history. The characters (all 11,000 of them) are VERY well developed and I found myself laughing out loud or losing my breath in astonishment. This book hits you like a proverbial ton of bricks. Be warned though, this book is "difficult". The plot twists are intense and the characters are plentiful. Sometimes its hard to keep up. I strongly suggest this whole series to anyone wanting to read a very believable, in-depth story. It might be boring to those fans of "classic" fantasy where a dragon, swordfight, goblin, troll etc pops up on every single page...

So mature readers only please.

Congratulations, Martin, on one hell of a series...you've become my favorite fantasy writer.