?Colossal, staggering? Martin captures all the intoxicating complexity of the Wars of the Roses or Imperial Rome in his imaginary world ? one of the greats of fantasy literature?SFX

?This is one of those rare and effortless reads? ROBIN HOBB

?George R.R. Martin is one of our very best writers, and this is one of his very best books? RAYMOND E. FEIST

?Such a splendid tale. I read my eyes out ? I couldn?t stop till I?d finished and it was dawn? ANNE MCCAFFREY

?George Martin is assuredly a new master craftsman in the guild of heroic fantasy? KATHARINE KERR

?Few created worlds are as imaginative and diverse? JANNY WURTS

HBO?s hit series A GAME OF THRONES is based on George R R Martin?s internationally bestselling series A SONG OF ICE AND FIRE, the greatest fantasy epic of the modern age.

A DANCE WITH DRAGONS: AFTER THE FEAST is the SECOND part of the fifth volume in the series.

?Vivid, rich, multi-layered and utterly addictive? Daily Express.

The future of the Seven Kingdoms hangs in the balance.

In King?s Landing the Queen Regent, Cersei Lannister, awaits trial, abandoned by all those she trusted; while in the eastern city of Yunkai her brother Tyrion has been sold as a slave. From the Wall, having left his wife and the Red Priestess Melisandre under the protection of Jon Snow, Stannis Baratheon marches south to confront the Boltons at Winterfell. But beyond the Wall the wildling armies are massing for an assault?

On all sides bitter conflicts are reigniting, played out by a grand cast of outlaws and priests, soldiers and skinchangers, nobles and slaves. The tides of destiny will inevitably lead to the greatest dance of all.