Third novel in the A Song of Ice and Fire series, follows A Clash of Kings and precedes A Feast for Crows. The war continues, Kings fall and new Kings rise and the menace in the north keeps growing

Of the Five contenders for power, one is dead, another in disfavor, and still the wars rage, as alliances are made and broken. Joffrey sits in the Iron Throne, the uneasy ruler of the of the seven Kingdoms. His most, bitter rival, Lord Stannis, stands defeated and disgraced, victim of the sorceress who holds him her thrall. Young Robb stills rules the North from the fortress of Riverrun. Meanwhile, making her way across a blood-drenched continent is the exiled queen, Daenerys, mistress of the only three dragons left in the world. And as opposing forces maneuver for the final showdown, an army of barbaric wildlings arrives from the outermost limits of civilization, accompanied by a horde of mythical others...

Hugo Award – Best Novel (Nominated) – (2001)

Locus Award – Best Novel (Fantasy) (Won) – (2001)

Nebula Award – Best Novel (Nominated) – (2001)

Geffen Award – Best Fantasy Book (Won) – (2002)

Ignotus Award – Best Novel (Foreign) (Won) – (2006)