A Dance with Dragons
In the aftermath of a colossal battle, the future of the Seven Kingdoms hangs in the balance once again–beset by newly emerging threats from every direction. In the east, Daenerys Targaryen, the last scion of House Targaryen, rules with her three dragons as queen of a city built on dust and death. But Daenerys has three times three thousand enemies, and many have set out to find her. Yet, as they gather, one young man embarks upon his own quest for the queen, with an entirely different goal in mind. Fleeing from Westeros with a price on his head, Tyrion Lannister, too, is making his way to Daenerys. But his newest allies in this quest are not the rag-tag band they seem, and at their heart lies one who could undo Daenerys’s claim to Westeros forever. To the north lies the mammoth Wall of ice and stone–a structure only as strong as those guarding it. There, Jon Snow, 998th Lord Commander of the Night’s Watch, will face his greatest challenge yet. For he has powerful foes not only within the Watch but also beyond, in the land of the creatures of ice. And from all corners, bitter conflicts soon reignite, intimate betrayals are perpetrated, and a grand cast of outlaws and pries
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Daenerys rules a hostile Meereen with three dragons and a council of enemies. Tyrion is on the run toward her. Jon Snow leads the Night's Watch into a doomed alliance with the wildlings. The Wall is about to crack.
Yes. A Dance with Dragons, published in 2011, is the most recent published novel in George R.R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire. The next book, The Winds of Winter, has been in progress for over a decade with no confirmed release date.
A Feast for Crows comes first in publication order, but the two books cover the same time period from different perspectives. Some readers prefer a combined chronological reading order. New readers usually stick with publication order.
A Dance with Dragons is approximately 1,040 pages in standard print editions, making it the longest book in the A Song of Ice and Fire series.
A Dance with Dragons was written by George R.R. Martin, published in 2008 by Bantam Books.
A Dance with Dragons is 1040 pages in standard print editions, though page counts vary slightly between hardcover, paperback, and large-print formats.
At an average reading pace of about 250 words per minute, A Dance with Dragons takes most readers 16 to 23 hours to finish.
A Dance with Dragons is a standalone novel by George R.R. Martin, not part of a series.
A Dance with Dragons is available in hardcover, paperback, ebook, and audiobook formats from Amazon, Bookshop.org, ThriftBooks, and most major bookstores.