The Starks are scattered. Robb Stark may be King in the North, but it will be a bloody struggle for him to hold his crown. And while his youngest sister has escaped the clutches of the depraved bannisters, Sansa Stark remains their captive. Meanwhile, across the ocean, Daenerys Stormborn, the last heir of the Dragon King, approaches Westeros with vengeance in her heart. A Storm of Swords, Part Two: Blood and Gold, the second half of Book Three of A Song of Ice and Fire, continues the greatest fantasy epic of the modern age.