A Game of Thrones: The Illustrated Edition

George R. R. Martin

Oct 2016 · A Song of Ice and Fire Illustrated Edition Book 1 · Sold by Random House Worlds

About this ebook

A dazzling edition of the book that began the iconic A Song of Ice and Fire series, featuring 8 full-color illustrations and over 70 black-and-white illustrations—bringing the mystery, intrigue, romance, and adventure of the magnificent saga that inspired HBO’s A Game of Thrones to life as never before.

With a special foreword by John Hodgman

In a land where summers can last decades and winters a lifetime, trouble is brewing. The cold is returning, and in the frozen wastes to the North of Winterfell, sinister and supernatural forces are massing beyond the kingdom’s protective Wall. At the center of the conflict lie the Starks of Winterfell, a family as harsh and unyielding as the land they were born to. Sweeping from a land of brutal cold to a distant summertime kingdom of epicurean plenty, here is a tale of lords and ladies, soldiers and sorcerers, assassins and bastards, who come together in a time of grim omens. Amid plots and counterplots, tragedy and betrayal, victory and terror, the fate of the Starks, their allies, and their enemies hangs perilously in the balance, as each endeavors to win that deadliest of conflicts: the game of thrones.

Explore the illustrated editions of A Song of Ice and Fire:
A GAME OF THRONES • A CLASH OF KINGS • A STORM OF SWORDS • A FEAST FOR CROWS

Ratings and reviews

I love the Game of Thrones universe, but as someone who doesn't read often I find these books really hard to get through.

A Game of Thrones: The Illustrated Edition is a beautiful book that brings the world of Westeros to life. The illustrations are stunning and really add to the story. I highly recommend it to anyone who loves the series or wants to experience it in a new way.

I do read but I am not a huge reader. I usually always like the movie/show better than the book. I have to say, I like this book WAY better than the series. It's easy, fast, great reading.

About the author

George R. R. Martin is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of many novels, including the acclaimed series A Song of Ice and Fire—A Game of Thrones, A Clash of Kings, A Storm of Swords, A Feast for Crows, and A Dance with Dragons—as well as Tuf Voyaging, Fevre Dream, The Armageddon Rag, Dying of the Light, Windhaven (with Lisa Tuttle), and Dreamsongs Volumes I and II. He is also the creator of The Lands of Ice and Fire, a collection of maps from A Song of Ice and Fire featuring original artwork from illustrator and cartographer Jonathan Roberts, and The World of Ice & Fire, with Elio M. García, Jr., and Linda Antonsson. As a writer-producer, he has worked on The Twilight Zone, Beauty and the Beast, and various feature films and pilots that were never made. He lives with the lovely Parris in Santa Fe, New Mexico.