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  • A Storm of Swords

  • Book 3 of A Song of Ice and Fire
  • By: George R.R. Martin
  • Narrated by: Roy Dotrice
  • Length: 47 hrs and 32 mins
  • 4.8 out of 5 stars (2,374 ratings)

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A Storm of Swords

By: George R.R. Martin
Narrated by: Roy Dotrice
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George R. R. Martin’s sprawling, highly acclaimed epic fantasy series, on which the hit TV show Game of Thrones is based, continues. Veteran actor Roy Doctrice reads this classic audiobook, in which blood feuds and rebellions are laying waste the Seven Kingdoms of Westeros. As winter draws nearer, 20,000 wildings are congregating in far-north Frostfangs to attack Robb Stark’s Kingdom of the North, under fire from the south by the treacherous Lannisters. Thrilling, moving and deeply complex, A Storm of Swords (Part One) - Steel and Snow, book 3 of A Song of Ice and Fire, is available from Audible.

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The complete, unabridged audiobook of A Storm of Swords.

HBO’s hit series A Game of Thrones is based on George R. R. Martin’s internationally best-selling 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 20000 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.

©2011 George R. R. Martin (P)2011 HarperCollins Publishers Limited

Critic Reviews

"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)
"Fantasy literature has never shied away from grandeur, but the sheer-mind-boggling scope of this epic has sent other fantasy writers away shaking their heads.... Its ambition: to construct the Twelve Caesars of fantasy fiction, with characters so venomous they could eat the Borgias." ( Guardian)

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Excellent story, ok narration

Almost goes without saying that this series is fantastic. The narration is ok - he tells the story well but his choice of accents is a bit strange sometimes (eg a working class uk accent for a high-born southern character) and he sometimes uses the exact same voice/accent for multiple characters, which spoils the illusion a bit. He is generally a very good narrator but may have bitten off more than he can chew with this series. (If Rupert Degas narrated this series i’d pay double for it and listen again from start to finish!)

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so much better than the series...

In this book the story starts to differ from the series...and it is SO much better. Can't wait to start the next one!

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My favourite book so far.

Perhaps it is simply thst I have finally sorted out who is who in the zoo…but I thoroughly enjoyed this book. Not for everyone…some of the graphic descriptions of battle injuries or punishment were a bit horrific. Narration wonderful. Looking forward to the next book in the series.

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Read well

Good character voices, captures the tone of the characters and of the story at the time.

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The best book in the series

Such brilliant storytelling, with storm of swords being the best book in the series, and that’s saying something. So much going on, so many ‘holy s**t’ moments. If you’ve travelled this far listening to Roy Dotrice, he does grow on you.

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Narration is terrible, story is great

The story is great but as per the rest of the series the narration is so, so, so terrible. Mixing up accents, mis pronouncing names from one chapter to the next. These books really need re-narrating by someone who is actually capable.

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Absolutely Amazing

The story is a well constructed narrative with it being to listen to different chapters without feeling like you missed much of the characters story. The thing that bugs me is that the last Samwell chapter of this book is missing.

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Another great book!

The plot just kept up the pace the entire book! How does he do it - the man is a ledgend! Looking forward to listening to book 4.

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Amazing I love it

Absolutely amazing story can't wait for the next one John snow is the bomb
John for president or king I suppose

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addictive and enthralling

just like the books this audiobook is hard to stop, you just want to keep going with every new chapter

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