Fourth novel in the A Song of Ice and Fire series. The factions reach an uneasy truce, but it's just a preparation for a worst nightmare. Who will rule as the new king?

This novel was split in two books, the first being A Feast for Crows and the Second A Dance With Dragons so in this novel only half of the characters from a A Storm of Swords are present and in the same way, in the upcoming A Dance with Dragons only the characters not shown in A Feast for Crows will appear.

After the bitter strife, the seven powers dividing the land have beaten one another into an uneasy truce. But it's no long before the survivors, outlaws, renegades and carrion eaters of the Seven Kingdoms gather. Now 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- emerge from an ominous twilight of past struggles and chaos to take up the challenges of the terrible times ahead.

Hugo Award – Best Novel (nominated) – (2006)

British Fantasy Award – Best Novel (nominated) – (2006)

Quill Award – Best Novel (Science Fiction & Fantasy) (nominated) – (2006)