The Targaryen dragonlords had survived the Doom of Valyria and found a new throne in Westeros, conquering all of the seven kingdoms but Dorne from their first foothold, the fortress at Dragonstone. The fictional history of Fire & Blood begins with Aegon's Conquest of Westeros.
The limited edition of 750 signed and numbered hardcovers, "housed in a custom slipcase," are still available for preorder. The $1,000 version of the book was the "lettered edition" of 52 copies signed by Martin and Gianni, "bound in leather and cloth" and "housed in a custom traycase." Subterranean describes it as "by far the most lavish GRRM production we've ever published."
With all the scope and grandeur of Gibbon’s The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Fire and Blood is the ultimate game of thrones, giving readers a whole new appreciation for the dynamic, often bloody, and always fascinating history of Westeros.A look at a new illustration from "Fire & Ice." Gary Gianni / Subterranean Press Readers have glimpsed small parts of this narrative in such volumes as The World of Ice & Fire, but now, for the first time, the full tapestry of Targaryen history is revealed. What really happened during the Dance of the Dragons? Why did it become so deadly to visit Valyria after the Doom? What is the origin of Daenerys’s three dragon eggs? These are but a few of the questions answered in this essential chronicle, as related by a learned maester of the Citadel and featuring more than eighty all-new black-and-white illustrations by artist Doug Wheatley. Fire and Blood begins their tale with the legendary Aegon the Conqueror, creator of the Iron Throne, and goes on to recount the generations of Targaryens who fought to hold that iconic seat, all the way up to the civil war that nearly tore their dynasty apart. Martin, this is the first volume of the definitive two-part history of the Targaryens in Westeros.Ĭenturies before the events of A Game of Thrones, House Targaryen-the only family of dragonlords to survive the Doom of Valyria-took up residence on Dragonstone. With all the fire and fury fans have come to expect from internationally bestselling author George R.
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