A Clash of Kings: The bestselling classic epic fantasy series behind the award-winning HBO and Sky TV show and phenomenon GAME OF THRONES (A Song of Ice and Fire, Book 2)

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Far to the north of this action, the men of the Night’s Watch leave the safety of the Wall to investigate the disappearance of the wilding people, enemies who live in primitive bands and villages in the vast wilderness north of the Wall. 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. Tyrion traps the Baratheon fleet in the mouth of the Blackwater Rush with a huge chain and destroys Stannis's fleet by detonating barrels of wildfire on nearby ships. Theon betrays Robb and attacks Winterfell, taking the castle and capturing Bran and his younger brother Rickon.

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However, she soon realizes that her loyalty holds no value as war has two sides, the winner and loser. The thirty-two issues of the series were also published in four compilation volumes, each one containing eight issues. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. She goes to the House of the Undying to form an alliance with its powerful warlocks, but instead she is shown confusing and disturbing images. Of the five contenders for power, one is dead, another in disfavor, and still the wars rage as violently as ever, as alliances are made and broken.Clash of Kings is an RTS game with splendid graphics that will bring you an immersive experience of a medieval-style world. In King’s Landing, Tyrion learns that Renly Baratheon, Stannis’s brother, is marching on King’s Landing to claim the throne with the House of Tyrell as his support.

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Here a princess masquerades as an orphan boy; a knight of the mind prepares a poison for a treacherous sorceress; and wild men descend from the Mountains of the Moon to ravage the countryside. An assassin hired by the warlocks attempts to kill Daenerys in the city's harbor, but it is thwarted by the arrival of two strangers: a fat warrior named Strong Belwas and his squire, an old but hale warrior named Arstan Whitebeard.The five kings in ‘A Clash of Kings’include Robb Stark, Ned Stark’s son; Joffrey Baratheon, Robert Baratheon’s son; Stannis and Renly Baratheon, Robert’s brothers and Balon Greyjoy, Lord of the Iron Islands. Referenced edition is ISBN 978-0-345-52906-0 (0-345-52906-5), Bantam, 22 Mar 2011, 4-book bundle covering AGOT, ACOK, ASOS and AFFC. However, they are cornered and Qhorin commands Jon to infiltrate the wildlings by pretending to betray the Watch. Tyrion improves the defenses of the city while jockeying for power against Joffrey's mother, the Queen Regent Cersei.

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Optimization of event interface: some events in daily and weekly/monthly passes have been moved to the event list on the right side of the main interface. As a prophecy of doom cuts across the sky—a comet the color of blood and flame—six factions struggle for control of a divided land. He reminisces about how his Lord, Stannis Baratheon, had always been treated like an outcast by everyone. In the East, Daenerys travels through the res waste with a fraction of the members of her husband’s khalasar.Jojen and Meera Reed arrive at Winterfell, and the three bond over Jojen and Bran’s supernatural powers.

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His bitterest rival, Lord Stannis, stands defeated and disgraced, victim of the jealous sorceress who holds him in her evil thrall. When Arya leaves King’s Landing, her journey of suffering begins as she beholds the grime nature of warring and battles.

From metaphors to similes, personification, hyperbole, and paradoxes, the rich use of figurative language made the story profoundly realistic. Under Tyrion's command, the Lannister forces use "wildfire" (a substance similar to Greek fire) to ignite the bay, and raise a massive chain across its mouth to prevent Stannis' fleet from retreating. Qhorin commands Jon to pretend to give up the Night's Watch and join the wildlings if they are captured, but to secretly keep gathering information.