THE INSPIRATION FOR HBO AND SKY’S INTERNATIONAL SMASH HIT GAME OF THRONES Discover the series behind the global phenomenon and the greatest fantasy epic of the modern age with this seven-book collection. Return to Westeros. More than a hundred years after the events of HBO and Sky’s HOUSE OF THE DRAGON, the greatest battle for the Iron Throne began… George R.R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire series has set the benchmark for contemporary epic fantasy. Labelled by Time magazine as one of the top 100 most influential people in the world, Martin has conjured a world as complex and vibrant as that of J.R.R. Tolkien, populated by a huge cast of fascinating, complex characters, and boasting a history that stretches back twelve thousand years. Three great storylines weave through the books, charting the civil war for control of the Seven Kingdoms; the defe