Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN: 9780006479895
Edition: New Ed
ISBN: 0006479898
Label: Voyager
Manufacturer: Voyager
Number Of Pages: 752
Publication Date: October 04, 1999
Publisher: Voyager
Studio: Voyager

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Editorial Review:

Amazon.co.uk Review:
George R.R. Martin writes sword-and-sorcery which concentrates on the swords. A Clash of Kings is the second volume of A Song of Ice and Fire, the sequence which began with A Game of Thrones and will take another four volumes to complete. The Seven Kingdoms are divided by revolt and blood feud; beyond their Northern borders, the men of the Night Watch fight the coming of a great cold and the walking corpses that travel with it; on the other side of the ocean, the last of the Kingdom's deposed ruling house mourns her horseclan husband and rears the dragonlets she hatched from his funeral pyre. This is character-driven fantasy--we see most events through the eyes of the sons and daughters of the Stark family, the once and future Kings of the North, whose father's judicial murder started the war. Martin avoids the cosy Californian cheeriness of many epic fantasies in favour of a sense of the squalor and grandeur of high medieval life; there is passion here, and misery and charm--and a profound sense of moral ambiguity as we learn to like the Richard III figure in this epic as much as the more virtuous Starks. --Roz Kaveney




Rating: - Epic tale
I'm working my way through this epic series, having struggled to get into the first book. It's certainly been a worthwhile experience as I now recognise that this is the work of a genius. Try it, you won't be disappointed

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Rating: - Gripping but....
Picking up right where 'A Game of Thrones' left off, 'A Clash of Kings' is just as gripping as its predecessor and is a very captivating book. The series main strength is the presence of some fantastic characters, most notably Tyrion Lannister, one of the best anti-heroes I've come across in fiction. One thing that must be made quite apparent though is that one should utterly ignore the ridiculous quote on some versions of his books that George RR Martin is 'the American Tolkien.' Other than the ... Read More

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Rating: - Bad books? I DON'T THINK SO!!!
Thoroughly, totally, utterly brillient. The entire set are.


This is all.

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Rating: - Sublime
What a truly brilliant read. Martin's world is perhaps not as large as those you'll find in other series, but it's depth and detail makes this more epic than any other. I believe this is the book 'true fantasy fans' want to read. Don't expect hollywood here, suggestion and understatement rule. Mature, cruel and unforgiving, like life itself you are rarely granted justice for the characters you love, but when you do, you remember why you love this man's work, and why you read fantasy at all. ... Read More

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Rating: - "Epics" are for holidays
I've picked this up three times now and put it down each time, having been unable to devote the necessary time I feel it needs to get into. Having been off work for a while I gave it the fourth and final chance...and just made it to the end. Someone else makes the point that as a "midpoint" book in a series there are new threads starting and old ones ending but this volume just doesn't seem to go anywhere and having just read and thoroughly enjoyed Scott Lynch and Joe Abercrombie (The New Wave anyone?) ... Read More

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