Paperback. Pub Date :2014-03-27 Pages: 912 Language: English Publisher: Harper Collins HBO"s hit series A GAME OF THRONES is based on George RR Martin"s internationally bestselling series A SONG OF ICE AND FIRE. the greatest fantasy epic of the modern age. A GAME OF THRONES is the first volume in the series. Summers span decades. Winter can last a lifetime. And the struggle for the Iron Throne has begun. As Warden of the north. Lord Eddard Stark counts it a curse when King Robert bestows on him the office of the Hand. His honour weighs him down at court where a true man does what he will. not what he must ... and a dead enemy is a thing of beauty. The old gods have no power in the south. Stark"s family is split and there is treachery at court. Worse. the vengeance-mad heir of the deposed Dragon King has grown to maturity in exile in the Free Cities. He claims the Iron Throne.