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  • A Dance with Dragons

  • Book 5 of A Song of Ice and Fire
  • By: George R.R. Martin
  • Narrated by: Roy Dotrice
  • Length: 48 hrs and 53 mins
  • 4.8 out of 5 stars (1,534 ratings)

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A Dance with Dragons

By: George R.R. Martin
Narrated by: Roy Dotrice
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A Dance with Dragons is part one of book five in this sweeping epic fantasy audiobook series A Song of Ice and Fire, written by George R. R. Martin and narrated by veteran British actor Roy Dotrice. Now the inspiration behind the major HBO TV series Game of Thrones. Queen Daenerys’ dragons have matured. They have been locked away and are simmering with unimaginable power. Her enemies have found out of their existence. The dragons are loyal to no one. The monstrous army gathering behind the wall of ice and stone continues to grow stronger. Available now from Audible.

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The complete, unabridged audiobook of A Dance with Dragons. 

HBO’s hit series 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 Dance with Dragons is the fifth volume in the series. 

The future of the Seven Kingdoms hangs in the balance. 

In the east, Daenerys, last scion of House Targaryen, her dragons grown to terrifying maturity, rules as queen of a city built on dust and death, beset by enemies. 

Now that her whereabouts are known many are seeking Daenerys and her dragons. Among them the dwarf Tyrion Lannister, who has escaped King’s Landing with a price on his head, wrongfully condemned to death for the murder of his nephew, King Joffrey. But not before killing his hated father, Lord Tywin. 

To the north lies the great Wall of ice and stone - a structure only as strong as those guarding it. Eddard Stark's bastard son Jon Snow has been elected the 998th Lord Commander of the Night's Watch, but he has enemies both in the Watch and beyond the Wall, where the wildling armies are massing for an assault. 

On all sides bitter conflicts are reigniting, played out by a grand cast of outlaws and priests, soldiers and skinchangers, nobles and slaves. The tides of destiny will inevitably lead to the greatest dance of all....

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

Critic Reviews

"In the grand epic fantasy tradition, Martin is by far the best...tense, surging, insomnia-inflicting." (Time magazine)

"An absorbing, exciting read.... Martin's style is so vivid that you will be hooked within a few pages." (The Times)

"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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Great book voices inconsistent

Great book it really takes you out of the story when the narrator changes character voices between books, when listening to them back to back it really stands out. That and he changes how he pronounces names and places between books.

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Irritated by name pronunciation and accent changes

The change in accents and name pronunciation from the earlier books is irritating. Messes with my memory of each of the characters. Otherwise an awesome continuation of an epic book series.

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I had to stop!

If you've downloaded this book you've obviously read/listened to the previous 4 and know what you're in for: an incredible story, adventure, tyranny, twists and turns, lots of action. That it certainly delivers. I know because I ended up buying the book and reading it.

That was because I couldn't listen to the narrator. True, he has a good range of voices but unfortunately they just don't fit the characters I have in my mind. Who thinks of Daenerys as as an old crone? Not me, that's for sure. But that's what her voice sounded like. There are many other examples like this.

Let's hope they get Rupert Degas to do the next books!!

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Great story, awful narrator

The story is really great, though I do find George R. R. Martin hard to read at times, he gets bogged down in detail and there are so many charscters that it can be 30+ chapters before you get back around to the character that you're actually interested in at the moment.

The narator on the other hand is aweful. The accents the narrator uses become increasingly absurd as the books go on and more characters are introduced. the accents become so thick that it is nearly impossible to understand what is being said at times. The majority of the accents he uses sound drunk, slurred or out right retarded.

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Great story, can't wait for the next one.

As with the previous books, fantastic story, but inconsistent narration. Talented, but needed better direction.

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Voices

I didn't like the voices. Everyone sounded old and haggard including Danerys. But the story was amazing.

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Good book narrator didn't do it for me

Took me a while to get into the narrators voice particularly with female characters. Had gotten used to Michael Kramer

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I just couldn't get into it

The narrator had changed pronunciations of names from previous books but the simple thing is I just couldn't get into it. Perhaps too soon after listening to the other books. I'm sure the book is as brilliant as the first 4 - perhaps I'll pick it up again in a few months.

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Victarion sounds like an Aussie bogan

The narrator's voice, as with his previous narrations in this series, suits the tone of the books quite well for the most part. The trouble is that his characterisations are inconsistent and occasionally quite jarring.

In particular, I found myself very distracted at chapter 56, as Victarion's voice was at times so nasal he sounded as though he would be more comfortable punching darts in a McDonald's parking-lot than commanding men at sea.

Also, his voice for Tyrion, which had remained largely consistent throughout the series, finds its way into the throats of Jaimie and Cersei at times as well.

When this occurs it hinders an otherwise engrossing narration and serves somwhat to impede the flow of the story to the ear of the listener. However, I cannot stress enough that this did not by any means ruin the experience, merely render it imperfect.

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yes

loved it. ..can't wait for the next one. . . winds of winter. .go go

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