A Storm of Swords
Book 3 of A Song of Ice and Fire
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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 STORM OF SWORDS is the third volume in the series.
The Seven Kingdoms are divided by revolt and blood feud, and winter approaches like an angry beast. Beyond the Northern borders, wildlings leave their villages to gather in the ice and stone wasteland of the Frostfangs. From there, the renegade Brother Mance Rayder will lead them South towards the Wall.
The men of the Night’s Watch are ready for the coming of a great cold and the walking corpses that travel with it. But now they face a horde of wildlings twenty-thousand strong – hungry savage people steeped in the dark magic of the haunted wilderness – poised to invade the Kingdom of the North where Robb Stark wears his new-forged crown.
But Robb’s defences are ranged against attack from the South, the land of House Stark’s enemies the Lannisters. His sisters are trapped there, dead or likely yet to die, at the whim of the Lannister boy-king Joffrey or his depraved mother Cersei, regent of the Iron Throne. Cersei’s ambition is unfettered while the dwarf Tyrion Lannister fights for his life, a victim of treachery.
And on the other side of the ocean, the last of the Targaryens rears the dragons she hatched from her husband’s funeral pyre. Daenerys Stormborn will return to the land of her birth to avenge the murder of her father, the last Dragon King on the Iron Throne.
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- Sarah H
- 08-22-18
Brilliant story - better than the TV series
The book's are better than the series as they are separate and interesting in their differences. I loved the narrative but at times - the narrator ruins the voices of some of the characters. My most hideous is the hand maiden of Daenerys - he does an awful rendition of an extremely old fashioned and insulting Asian accent from a bad Pink Panther movie.
Martin's characters and world are wonderful filled with people you love and many you love to hate. I loved the TV series and it brought me to the books and I now love the written version as well. Just 'differently'...
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- Abi Showkath Ali
- 11-26-18
Exceptional
A damn good story just listen and lose yourself in the world of despair and desperation.
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- Lliam
- 09-10-12
Brilliant.
What did you love best about A Storm of Swords (Part One) - Steel and Snow?
Everything. Don't mean to be glib. But it is simply brilliant.
Who was your favorite character and why?
All of them. Masterfully rendered.
Have you listened to any of Roy Dotrice’s other performances before? How does this one compare?
Yes. As brilliant as ever.
Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?
I don't think I would like to listen to any book for 24 hours straight. But if I had to, this would be the one.
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- Amazon Customer
- 07-12-23
Brilliant narrator
Roy is a brilliant narrator. He brings life to each and every character. I’m sorry to hear he passed. The next narrator for the last two books of the series, if George RR Martin ever decides to complete them, has large boots to fill.
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- beau
- 06-28-12
I had to stop...
I had to stop what I was doing to pick up my jaw, lest I stepped on it.
I think I have learned how this man writes and so brace myself for an unexpected turn, trying to predict where the book will go but for the life of me, I can not pick most of the plot line twists.
You can imagine how stoked I am when I come close to guessing it but on the whole, this series is highly recommended for those who wish to be taken on a roller coaster for over 200 hours.
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- Anonymous User
- 06-12-22
Roy Dotrice... Legendary
Roy Dotrice broke the world record for the GOT series with 224 accents and character voices.
He never falters and it does not take long for a listener to know which character is speaking without any need for prompting.
He ought to be knighted
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- Sharon
- 11-03-13
More of the same but getting hotter
This is the third in the series. I am so glad I didn't read these books I would never have been able to read the amount I have listened to. Even listening I am finding that other things are getting in the way of my continuing to hear my story.
NARRATOR - Just the same as the first two books. He continues to disappoint in the accent department. But once again he is not too flowery or overly dramatic which would have ruined this saga. Overall he does a good job. I just think that I am spoiled by having listened to the magnificent Humphrey Bower too often (I mean honestly… how could anyone better THOSE performances??).
STORY – In this book the story becomes very graphic indeed concerning violence and sex. I repeat, this is not a story for little people, or even most tweens for that matter. But it continues to be a great story and is still moving along at a good pace with only a bit of “filler” creeping in here and there. The majority of the female characters remain a little one dimensional which annoys me. Having said that, this is improving, as some of the women (and girls), have started to show a little more to their characters than just pure good or pure evil.
I would recommend this book as the third in a series. It is not a read alone book, you have to start at the beginning.
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- james
- 12-17-17
Great book
The game of thrones series is full of plot twists and cliffhangers, I would recommend it to everyone.
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- FS Troxler
- 07-18-15
Awesome.
Just as awesome as the first part of the story. And if the same bloke reads the rest of the books the rest will be just as good.
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- Dora
- 09-03-12
Fantastic Narration and an awesome book!
Where does A Storm of Swords (Part One) - Steel and Snow rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?
By the time you read this review you would've listened to the previous books, so all i'm going to say is, it's more of the same great listen as all the other books.
What did you like best about this story?
The great thing about this story is that just when you think you've got the usual plot figured out, BAM! you're thrown completely out of the water and have no idea what's going to happen.
Have you listened to any of Roy Dotrice’s other performances before? How does this one compare?
Roy Dotrice's performance is flawless. Great narration and great character performance. i particularly picked up towards the end how the Lanister brother's accents were becoming more and more alike as the characters became similar in sympathies.
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