Especial Game of Thones: George R. R. Martin

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George R. R. Martin nasceu em Bayonne, Nova Jérsei, filho de um estivador, cuja família de classa operária vivia perto das docas de Bayonne. Quando jovem, ele se tornou um leitor ávido de quadrinhos de superheróis. A edição de novembro de 1968 do Quarteto Fantástico possui uma nota ao editor que Martin escreveu quando ainda estava na escola. Ele credita a atenção que ele recebeu com a carta, junto com seu interesse em quadrinhos, como sua inspiração para se tornar escritor. Em 1970, Martin recebeu sue Bacharelado em jornalismo na Universidade Northwestern, Illinois, se formando com muitos elogios. Ele depois completou um Mestrado em jornalismo, também em Northwestern, em 1971. 
Martin começou a escrever contos de ficção científica no começo da década de 1970, apesar de o início de sua carreira não ter sido fácil (uma de suas histórias foi rejeitada por diferentes revistas 42 vezes), ele nunca se desencorajou; anos depois ele venceria seu primeiro Hugo Award e Nebula Award por um de seus contos.

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 Esta é a história de Daenerys, a última descendente da dinastia Targaryen, antigos senhores dos Sete Reinos. Exilada pelo Usurpador, Daenerys terá que crescer mais depressa do que seria normal para uma menina da sua idade. E em vez do luxo destinado aos senhores dos Sete Reinos, terá que experimentar as agruras da fuga, da carência, das tentativas de assassinato, do casamento forçado...

Rio Mississípi, 1857. Abner Marsh, respeitável mas falido capitão de barcos a vapor, é abordado por um misterioso aristocrata de nome Joshua York que lhe oferece a oportunidade única de construir o barco dos seus sonhos. York tem os seus próprios motivos para navegar o rio Mississípi, e Marsh é forçado a aceitar o secretismo do seu patrono, não importando o quão bizarros ou caprichosos pareçam os seus actos. Mas à medida que navegam o rio, rumores circulam sobre o enigmático York: toma refeições apenas de madrugada, e na companhia de amigos raramente vistos à luz do dia. E na esteira do magnífico barco a vapor Fevre Dream é deixado um rasto de corpos... Ao aperceber-se de que embarcou numa missão cheia de perigos e trevas, Marsh é forçado a confrontar o homem que tornou o seu sonho realidade.

Primeiro livro escrito por George R. R. Martin, autor da renomada série As Crônicas de Gelo e Fogo, foi premiado com os principais prêmios do mundo de fantasia e ficção científica. Desde essa primeira história o autor já mostra o que o tornaria mundialmente famoso, seus personagens que não são nem vilões, nem heróis, mas sim seres complexos como todos nós. Um planeta está prestes a morrer, seu caminho se afasta das estrelas que trazem vida àquele lugar. Suas 14 cidades, construídas rapidamente quando o planeta passou por perto de uma grande estrela, também estão moribundas. Worlorn não é o planeta que Dirk t’Larien imaginava, e Gwen Delvano não é mais a mulher que conhecera. Ela está ligada a outro homem e a esse planeta moribundo preso no crepúsculo, seguindo em direção à noite sem fim. Em meio à paisagem desoladora, há um violento choque de culturas, no qual não há códigos ou honra e uma batalha se espalhará rapidamente.

       

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Displeased with the provisional title “A Time for Wolves” for the final volume, Martin ultimately announced "A Dream of Spring" as the title for the seventh book in 2006. Martin is firm about ending the series with the seventh novel "until I decide not to be firm", leaving open the possibility of an eighth book to finish the series. With his stated goal to tell the story from beginning to end, he will not truncate the story to fit into an arbitrary number of volumes. He is confident he will publish the remaining books before the TV series overtakes him, although he has told major plot points to the two main Game of Thrones producers in case he should die. However, Martin indicated he would not permit another writer to finish the series. He knows the ending in broad strokes as well as the future of the main characters, and will finish the series with bittersweet elements where not everyone will live happily ever after. Martin hopes to write an ending similar to "The Lord of the Rings" that he felt gave the story a satisfying depth and resonance. 

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The Winds of Winter is the forthcoming sixth novel in the fantasy series A Song of Ice and Fire by George R.R. Martin. It takes place after the concurrent fourth and fifth books in the series, A Feast for Crows and A Dance with Dragons. The previous installment, A Dance with Dragons, covered less story than Martin intended, omitting at least one planned large battle sequence and leaving several character threads ending in cliff-hangers. Martin intended to resolve these cliffhangers "very early" in The Winds of Winter, saying "I'm going to open with the two big battles that I was building up to, the Battle in the Ice and The Battle at Meereen—The Battle of Slaver's Bay. And then take it from there." By June 2010, Martin had finished four chapters from the viewpoints of Sansa Stark, Arya Stark, and Arianne Martell. In July 2010, he added that an Aeron Greyjoy chapter had been moved from A Dance with Dragons to The Winds of Winter, accumulating to around 100 completed pages. In December 2011, Martin posted online a chapter from the perspective of Theon Greyjoy. Martin believes the two last volumes of the series will be big books of 1500 manuscript pages each. With 200 finished pages by March 2012, the author hopes to finish The Winds of Winter in three years or so. 

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Onetime underground journalist Sandy Blair has come a long way from his radical roots in the '60s—until something unexpectedly draws him back: the bizarre and brutal murder of a rock promoter who made millions with a band called the Nazgûl. Now, as Sandy sets out to investigate the crime, he finds himself drawn back into his own past—a magical mystery tour of the pent-up passions of his generation. For a new messiah has resurrected the Nazgûl and the mad new rhythm may be more than anyone bargained for—a requiem of demonism, mind control, and death, whose apocalyptic tune only Sandy may be able to change in time... before everyone follows the beat.

SINOPSE EM INGLÊS: A whisperjewel has summoned Dirk t'Larien to Worlorn, and a love he thinks he lost. But Worlorn isn't the world Dirk imagined, and Gwen Delvano is no longer the woman he once knew. She is bound to another man, and to a dying planet that is trapped in twilight. Gwen needs Dirk's protection, and he will do anything to keep her safe, even if it means challenging the barbaric man who has claimed her. But an impenetrable veil of secrecy surrounds them all, and it's becoming impossible for Dirk to distinguish between his allies and his enemies. In this dangerous triangle, one is hurtling toward escape, another toward revenge, and the last toward a brutal, untimely demise.

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Two telepaths investigate the newly discovered world of Shkea, where every native inhabitant, and an increasing number of human colonists, worships a mysterious and deadly parasite. Winner of the 1975 Hugo Award for Best Novella.

Contents:
With Morning Comes Mistfall (1973)
The Second Kind of Loneliness (1972)
Override (1973)
Dark, Dark Were the Tunnels (1973)
The Hero (1971)
FTA (1974)
Run to Starlight (1974)
The Exit to San Breta (1972)
Slide Show (1973)
A Song for Lya (1974)

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A new benchmark in modern SF. A sharp, clever, funny morality tale that answers the biggest question of all: what makes us human? A fight in an alley behind a bar: a visiting European is knifed by local thug Ramon Espejo and all hell breaks loose. The dead man was a diplomat on an important mission to Sao Paulo, and next day Ramon is on the run heading north in his van toward land that no one has ever explored, or even thought of exploring, land so far only glimpsed from orbit during the first colony surveys. There are women still alive on São Paulo who can recall the initial descent onto an untouched world. All the cities of the south have bloomed since then, like mould on a Petri dish. Ramon was among the second wave of colonists. He's gone from being nothing in the hills of Mexico to being nothing on this strange alien world. His only friend Griego tells Ramon God meant him to be poor, or he wouldn't have made him so mean. Ramon's rage has never deserted him. It was there in the alley behind the bar, but he can't actually remember why he killed the European. Leaving all the hell and shit and sorrow of Diegotown behind, Ramon's plan is to look for minerals in the unmapped lands while the heat dies down. He's made a bare living prospecting so far, expecting each trip to be the big one that'll make him rich, and this one is no different. The first samples he blows out of the mountain, however, bring down the mountain upon him as well and a whole undiscovered alien race. Ramon is tethered to one of them and set to 'perform his function'. Whatever that means, he'll find out. And he'll remember why he killed the European.

Robert Baratheon, o rei de Westeros viaja até Winterfell, no Norte, após a morte de sua Mão, Jon Arryn, para fazer uma oferta para Ned Stark que irá definir a história das Crônicas de Gelo e Fogo até o final! Jon Snow, o filho bastardo de Ned também irá ter seu destino definido nesta edição.Traições, esquemas políticos e trapaças! A guerra pelo trono de Westeros começou

Adaptação para os quadrinhos da famosa série de livros de George R.R. Martin. 

Quando Eddard Stark, lorde do castelo de Winterfell, recebe a visita do velho amigo, o rei Robert Baratheon, está longe de adivinhar que a sua vida, e a da sua família, está prestes a entrar numa espiral de tragédia, conspiração e morte. Durante a estadia, o rei convida Eddard a mudar-se para a corte e a assumir a prestigiada posição de Mão do Rei. Este aceita, mas apenas porque desconfia que o anterior detentor desse título foi envenenado pela própria rainha - uma cruel manipuladora do clã Lannister. Assim, perto do rei, Eddard tem esperança de o proteger da rainha. Mas ter os Lannister como inimigos é fatal - a ambição dessa família não tem limites e o rei corre um perigo muito maior do que Eddard temia. Sozinho na corte, Eddard também se apercebe que a sua vida nada vale. E até a sua família, longe no norte, pode estar em perigo.

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You’ve read the books. You’ve watched the hit series on HBO. Now acclaimed novelist Daniel Abraham and illustrator Tommy Patterson bring George R. R. Martin’s epic fantasy masterwork A Game of Thrones to majestic new life in the pages of this full-color graphic novel. Comprised of the initial six issues of the graphic series, this is the first volume in what is sure to be one of the most coveted collaborations of the year. Winter is coming. Such is the stern motto of House Stark, the northernmost of the fiefdoms that owe allegiance to King Robert Baratheon in far-off King’s Landing. There Eddard Stark of Winterfell rules in Robert’s name. There his family dwells in peace and comfort: his proud wife, Catelyn, his sons Robb, Brandon, and Rickon, his daughters Sansa and Arya, and his bastard son, Jon Snow. Far to the north, behind the towering Wall, lie savage Wildings and worse—unnatural things relegated to myth during the centuries-long summer . . . but proving all too real and all too deadly in the turning of the season. Yet a more immediate threat lurks to the south, where Jon Arryn, the Hand of the King, has died under mysterious circumstances. Now Robert is riding north to Winterfell, bringing his queen, the lovely but cold Cersei, his son, Prince Joffrey, a cruel, vainglorious youth, and the queen’s brothers Jamie and Tyrion of the powerful and wealthy House Lannister—the first a swordsman without equal, the second a dwarf whose stunted stature belies a brilliant mind. All heading for Winterfell and a fateful encounter that will change the course of kingdoms. While across the Narrow Sea, Prince Viserys, heir of the fallen House Targaryen, which once ruled all of Westeros, schemes to reclaim the throne with an army of barbarian Dothraki—whose loyalty he will purchase in the only coin left to him: his beautiful yet innocent sister, Daenerys.

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When struggling riverboat captain Abner Marsh receives an offer of partnership from a wealthy aristocrat, he suspects something’s amiss. But when he meets the hauntingly pale, steely-eyed Joshua York, he is certain. For York doesn’t care that the icy winter of 1857 has wiped out all but one of Marsh’s dilapidated fleet. Nor does he care that he won’t earn back his investment in a decade. York has his own reasons for wanting to traverse the powerful Mississippi. And they are to be none of Marsh’s concern—no matter how bizarre, arbitrary, or capricious his actions may prove. Marsh meant to turn down York’s offer. It was too full of secrets that spelled danger. But the promise of both gold and a grand new boat that could make history crushed his resolve—coupled with the terrible force of York’s mesmerizing gaze. Not until the maiden voyage of his new sidewheeler Fevre Dream would Marsh realize he had joined a mission both more sinister, and perhaps more noble, than his most fantastic nightmare...and mankind’s most impossible dream. Here is the spellbinding tale of a vampire’s quest to unite his race with humanity, of a garrulous riverman’s dream of immortality, and of the undying legends of the steamboat era and a majestic, ancient river. 

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Back in print after a decade, expanded with new original material, this is the first volume of George R. R. Martin’s Wild cards shared-world series There is a secret history of the world—a history in which an alien virus struck the Earth in the aftermath of World War II, endowing a handful of survivors with extraordinary powers. Some were called Aces—those with superhuman mental and physical abilities. Others were termed Jokers—cursed with bizarre mental or physical disabilities. Some turned their talents to the service of humanity. Others used their powers for evil. Wild Cards is their story. Originally published in 1987, Wild Cards I includes powerful tales by Roger Zelazny, Walter Jon Williams, Howard Waldrop, Lewis Shiner, and George R. R. Martin himself. And this new, expanded edition contains further original tales set at the beginning of the Wild Cards universe, by eminent new writers like Hugo–winner David Levine, noted screenwriter and novelist Michael Cassutt, and New York Times bestseller Carrie Vaughn. 

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Across the universe, in search of the ultimate lifeform...

Simon Kress' love for dangerous and amusing new pets kept him on an endless quest. Then he discovered the Sandkings.
Fierce, ritual warriors, they fought among themselves for the amusement of their master's guests, and carved his image into elegant sandcastles with uncanny devotion.
But when the sandkings did not meet his own sadistic standards of play, Kress began to destroy their castles, starving them into cannibalistc warfare, pitting them against other hideous monsters of prey...
Soon the sandkings would grow angry at their master. And in their anger they would grow more hungry.
They might even learn to like the taste of human flesh...

Sandkings, plus six more of George R.R. Martin's science fiction classics!

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When Simon Kress returned to his home planet of Baldur from an offworld business trip, he was amused to find that his tank of Earth piranhas had cannibalized themselves into extinction, and of the two exotic animals that roamed his estate, only one remained. Now, in search of some new pets to satisfy his cruel pursuit of amusement, Simon finds a new shop in the city where he is intrigued by a new lifeform he has never heard of before ... a collection of multi-colored sandkings. The curator explains that the insect-like animals, no larger than Simon's fingernails, are not insects, but animals with a highly-evolved hive intelligence capable of staging wars between the different colors, and even religion--in the form of worship of their owner. The curator's warning to Simon about the regularity of their feeding, unfortunately, was not taken seriously.... ["Outer Limits" Episode] Hugo Award Winner, Locus Poll Award Winner, Nebula Award(R) Winner.

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The third volume of the high fantasy saga that began with A Game of Thrones and continued in A Clash of Kings is one of the more rewarding examples of gigantism in contemporary fantasy. 

As Martin s richly imagined world slides closer to its 10-year winter, both the weather and the warfare worsen. In the north, King Joffrey of House Lannister sits uneasily on the Iron Throne. With the aid of a peasant wench, Jaime Lannister, the Kingslayer, escapes from jail in Riverrun. Jaime goes to the other youthful ruler, Robb Stark, to secure the release of Joffrey s prisoners, Robb s sisters Arya and Sansa Stark. 

Meanwhile, in the south, Queen Daenarys tries to assert her claim to the various thrones with an army of eunuchs, but discovers that she must choose between conquering more and ruling well what she has already taken. 

The complexity of characters such as Daenarys, Arya and the Kingslayer will keep readers turning even the vast number of pages contained in this volume, for the author, like Tolkien or Jordan, makes us care about their fates. 

Those two fantasy greats are also evoked by Martin s ability to convey such sensual experiences as the heat of wildfire, the chill of ice, the smell of the sea and the sheer gargantuan indigestibility of the medieval banquet at its most excessive. 

Perhaps this saga doesn t go as far beyond the previous bounds of high fantasy as some claim, but for most readers it certainly goes far enough to command their attention.

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A Game of Thrones is a contemporary masterpiece of fantasy. The cold is returning to Winterfell, where summers can last decades and winters a lifetime. A time of conflict has arisen in the Stark family, as they are pulled from the safety of their home into a whirlpool of tragedy, betrayal, assassination, plots and counterplots. Each decision and action carries with it the potential for conflict as several prominent families, comprised of lords, ladies, soldiers, sorcerers, assassins and bastards, are pulled together in the most deadly game of all--the game of thrones. 

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It seems too good to be true. After centuries of bitter strife and fatal treachery, the seven powers dividing the land have decimated one another into an uneasy truce. Or so it appears....With the death of the monstrous King Joffrey, Cersei is ruling as regent in King’s Landing. Robb Stark’s demise has broken the back of the Northern rebels, and his siblings are scattered throughout the kingdom like seeds on barren soil. Few legitimate claims to the once desperately sought Iron Throne still exist—or they are held in hands too weak or too distant to wield them effectively. The war, which raged out of control for so long, has burned itself out. But as in the aftermath of any climactic struggle, it is not long before the survivors, outlaws, renegades, and carrion eaters start to gather, picking over the bones of the dead and fighting for the spoils of the soon-to-be dead. Now in the Seven Kingdoms, 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—are seen emerging from an ominous twilight of past struggles and chaos to take up the challenges ahead. It is a time when the wise and the ambitious, the deceitful and the strong will acquire the skills, the power, and the magic to survive the stark and terrible times that lie before them. It is a time for nobles and commoners, soldiers and sorcerers, assassins and sages to come together and stake their fortunes...and their lives. For at a feast for crows, many are the guests—but only a few are the survivors. 

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A Dance with Dragons picks up where A Storm of Swords left off and runs simultaneously with events in A Feast for Crows. The War of the Five Kings seems to be winding down. In the North, King Stannis Baratheon has installed himself at the Wall and vowed to win the support of the northmen to continue his struggle to claim the Iron Throne, although this is complicated by the fact that much of the west coast is under occupation by the Ironborn. On the Wall itself Jon Snow has been elected the 998th Lord Commander of the Night's Watch, but has enemies both in the Watch and beyond the Wall to watch for. Tyrion Lannister has been taken by ship across the Narrow Sea to Pentos, but his eventual goals are unknown even to him. In the far east, Daenerys Targaryen has conquered the city of Meereen, but has decided to stay and rule the city, honing her skills of leadership which will be needed when she travels on to Westeros. But Daenerys' presence is now known to many in Westeros, and from the Iron Islands and Dorne, from Oldtown and the Free Cities, emissaries are on their way to find her and use her cause for their own ends.

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The Seven Kingdoms have come apart. Joffrey, Queen Cersei s sadistic son, ascends the Iron Throne following the death of Robert Baratheon, the Usurper, who won it in battle. 

Queen Cersei s family, the Lannisters, fight to hold it for him. Both the dour Stannis and the charismatic Renly Baratheon, Robert s brothers, also seek the throne. 

Robb Stark, declared King in the North, battles to avenge his father s execution and retrieve his sister from Joffrey s court. 

Daenerys, the exiled last heir of the former ruling family, nurtures three dragons and seeks a way home. 

Meanwhile the Night s Watch, sworn to protect the realm from dangers north of the Wall, dwindle in numbers, even as barbarian forces gather and beings out of legend stalk the Haunted 

O oitavo volume de As Crónicas de Gelo e Fogo, a melhor série de fantasia da actualidade Quando Euron Greyjoy consegue ser escolhido como rei das Ilhas de Ferro não são só as ilhas que tremem. O Olho de Corvo tem o objectivo declarado de conquistar Westeros. E o seu povo parece acreditar nele. Mas será ele capaz? Em Porto Real, Cersei enreda-se cada vez mais nas teias da corte. Desprovida do apoio da família, e rodeada por um conselho que ela própria considera incapaz, é ainda confrontada com a presença ameaçadora de uma nova corrente militante da Fé. Como se desenvencilhará de um tal enredo? A guerra está prestes a terminar mas as terras fluviais continuam assoladas por bandos de salteadores. Apesar da morte do Jovem Lobo, Correrrio ainda resiste ao poderio dos Lannister, e Jaime parte para conquistar o baluarte dos Tully. O mesmo Jaime que jurara solenemente a Catelyn Stark não voltar a pegar em armas contra os Tully ou os Stark. Mas todos sabem que o Regicida é um homem sem honra. Ou não será bem assim?

O sétimo volume de As Crónicas de Gelo e Fogo, a melhor série de fantasia da actualidade Continuando a saga mais ambiciosa e imaginativa desde O Senhor dos Anéis, As Crónicas de Gelo e Fogo prosseguem após o violento triunfo dos traidores. Enquanto os senhores do Norte lutam incessantemente uns contra os outros e os Homens de Ferro estão prestes a emergir como uma força implacável, a rainha regente Cersei tenta manter intacta a força dos leões em Porto Real. Os jovens lobos, sedentos por vingança, estão dispersos pela terra, cada um envolvido no perigoso jogo dos tronos. Arya abandonou Westeros rumo a Bravos, Bran desapareceu na vastidão enigmática para além da Muralha, Sansa está nas mãos do ambicioso e maquiavélico Mindinho, Jon Snow foi proclamado comandante da Muralha mas tem que enfrentar a vontade férrea do rei Stannis e, no meio de toda a intriga, começam a surgir histórias do outro lado do mar sobre dragões vivos e fogo...

O sexto volume de As Crónicas de Gelo e Fogo, a melhor série de fantasia da actualidade. O bafo cruel e impiedoso do Inverno já se sente. Quando Jon Snow consegue regressar à Muralha, perseguido pelos antigos companheiros do Povo Livre, não sabe o que irá encontrar nem como será recebido pelos seus irmãos da Patrulha da Noite. Só tem uma certeza: há coisas bem piores do que a hoste de selvagens a aproximarem-se pela floresta assombrada. 

Quando Eddard Stark, lorde do castelo de Winterfell, recebe a visita do velho amigo, o rei Robert Baratheon, está longe de adivinhar que a sua vida, e a da sua família, está prestes a entrar numa espiral de tragédia, conspiração e morte. Durante a estadia, o rei convida Eddard a mudar-se para a corte para assumir a prestigiada posição de Mão do Rei. Este aceita, mas apenas porque desconfia que o anterior detentor desse título foi envenenado pela própria rainha: uma cruel manipuladora do clã Lannister. Assim, perto do rei, Eddard tem esperança de o proteger da soberana. Mas ter os lannister como inimigos é fatal: a ambição dessa família não tem limites e o rei corre um perigo muito maior do que Eddard temia! Sozinho na corte, Eddard apercebe-se que também a sua vida nada vale. E até a sua família, longe no norte, pode estar em perigo. 

O segundo volume de As Crónicas de Gelo e Fogo, a melhor série de fantasia da actualidade.
Eddard Stark só aceitou o prestigiado cargo de Mão do Rei para proteger o rei... ou não suspeitasse que o anterior detentor desse título fora mandado assassinar pela rainha. Mas agora Eddard tem a certeza que foi ela. E também sabe a razão: a rainha tem um segredo escabroso que pode levar à queda da dinastia e mesmo à guerra civil!

E como se a conspiração palaciana não bastasse, tudo piora quando o rei Robert Baratheon é ferido mortalmente por um animal numa caçada. Mas a Mão do Rei já desconfia de tudo: terá sido mesmo um animal... ou o trabalho de mais um assassino da rainha? Um homem honrado e justo, Eddard Stark começa a temer ser derrotado pelo ninho de víboras que é a Corte e a Casa Lannister. 

Mas a ameaça de guerra civil não é a pior sombra que paira no ar. No norte, para lá da muralha de gelo, uma força misteriosa manifesta-se de maneira sobrenatural. E ainda mais longe, a última herdeira dos Targaryen prepara-se para invadir os Sete Reinos com o maior exército alguma vez visto... e com o auxílio de dragões!

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Un cometa del color de la sangre hiende el cielo, cargado de malos augurios. Y hay razones sobradas para pensar así: los Siete Reinos se ven sacudidos por las luchas intestinas entre los nobles por la sucesión al Trono de Hierro. En la otra orilla del mar Angosto, la princesa Daenerys Targaryen conduce a su pueblo de jinetes salvajes a través del desierto. Y en los páramos helados del norte, más allá del Muro, un ejército implacable avanza hacia un territorio asolado por el caos y las guerras fratricidas. 

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Tras el largo verano, el invierno se acerca a los Siete Reinos. Lord Eddard Stark, señor de Invernaldia, deja sus dominios para unirse a la corte de su amigo el rey Robert Baratheon, llamado el Usurpador, hombre díscolo y otrora guerrero audaz cuyas mayores aficiones son comer, beber y engendrar bastardos. Eddard Stark ocupará el cargo de Mano del Rey e intentará desentrañar una maraña de intrigas que pondrá en peligro su vida y la de todos los suyos. En un mundo cuyas estaciones pueden durar decenios y en el que retazos de una magia inmemorial y olvidada surgen en los rincones más sombríos y maravillosos, la traición y la lealtad, la compasión y la sed de venganza, el amor y el poder hacen del juego de tronos una poderosa trampa que atrapará en sus fauces a los personajes... y al lector.

Os três organizadores desta antologia eram incomumente belos, espantosamente inteligentes e tremendamente bem sucedidos com o sexo oposto... Mas eram gorduchos. Para ficar na moda, decidiram emagrecer. Sendo gente de ficção científica, quiseram fazer a coisa à maneira da ficção científica. E por isso resolveram fazer este livro de dieta de ficção científica. O livro teve um sucesso tão grande que dizem que um deles nunca mais voltou a comer.

Ruas estranhas é uma coleção de 16 histórias fantásticas urbanas onde os editores George R. R. Martin e Gardner Dozois reúnem grandes nomes da literatura como Charlaine Harris da série True Blood, Conn Iggulden, Glen Cook, Patricia Briggs, Diana Gabaldon e outros autores de destaque. Nessas histórias nascidas da imaginação de escritores vencedores dos prêmios mais importantes do gênero, eles exploram mundos de vampiros sedutores, lobisomens assustadores, espíritos que ajudam humanos a solucionar mistérios, demônios, zumbis e outras criaturas que habitam nossos pesadelos. Cuidado! O perigo está ao final de cada esquina.