Fire and Blood Limited Edition

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Limited edition

Author: George R.R. Martin Artist: Doug Wheatley, Garry Gianni Type: Double Signed and Numbered Limited Edition Signed By: George R.R. Martin, Gary Gianni Publisher: Subterranean Press Book Housing: Comes with a slipcase Notes: 750 copies, dust jacket, bound in cloth, foil stamping BOOK DESCRIPTION: Centuries 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. Fire 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. What really happened during the Dance of the Dragons? Why was it so deadly to visit Valyria after the Doom? What were Maegor the Cruel’s worst crimes? What was it like in Westeros when dragons ruled the skies? 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. 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. With all the scope and grandeur of Gibbon’s The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Fire Blood is the the first volume of the definitive two-part history of the T

• Binding: Hardcover

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