A Song of Ice and Fire (1-5)：A Game of Thrones, a Clash of Kings, a Storm of Swords,

Winteriscoming.SuchisthesternmottoofHouseStark,thenorthernmostofthefiefdomsthatoweallegiancetoKingRobertBaratheoninfar-offKing’sLanding.ThereEddardStarkofWinterfellrulesinRobert’sname.Therehisfamilydwellsinpeaceandcomfort:hisproudwife,Catelyn;hissonsRobb,Brandon,andRickon;hisdaughtersSansaandArya;andhisbastardson,JonSnow.Fartothenorth,behindthetoweringWall,liesavageWildingsandworse—unnaturalthingsrelegatedtomythduringthecenturies-longsummer,butprovingalltoorealandalltoodeadlyintheturningoftheseason.Yetamoreimmediatethreatlurkstothesouth,whereJonArryn,theHandoftheKing,hasdiedundermysteriouscircumstances.NowRobertisridingnorthtoWinterfell,bringinghisqueen,thelovelybutcoldCersei,hisson,thecruel,vaingloriousPrinceJoffrey,andthequeen’sbrothersJaimeandTyrionofthepowerfulandwealthyHouseLannister—thefirstaswordsmanwithoutequal,thesecondadwarfwhosestuntedstaturebeliesabrilliantmind.AllareheadingforWinterfellandafatefulencounterthatwillchangethecourseofkingdoms.Meanwhile,acrosstheNarrowSea,PrinceViserys,heirofthefallenHouseTargaryen,whichonceruledallofWesteros,schemestoreclaimthethronewithanarmyofbarbarianDothraki—whoseloyaltyhewillpurchaseintheonlycoinlefttohim:hisbeautifulyetinnocentsister,Daenerys.