Fire and Blood: 300 Years Before a Game of Thrones (A Targaryen History)

House of the Dragon is inspired by the epic history of the Targaryens, the only family of dragonlords to survive the Doom of Valyria, in George R.R. Martin's FIRE & BLOOD. The book provides a chronicle of the Targaryens, from Aegon the Conqueror to the civil war that nearly tore their dynasty apart, and answers questions about the Dance of the Dragons, Valyria, Maegor the Cruel, and Westeros when dragons ruled the skies.

Format: Hardback
Length: 736 pages
Publication date: 20 November 2018
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Also available in Paperback

Set 300 years before the events in A Song of Ice and Fire, FIRE AND BLOOD is the definitive history of the Targaryens in Westeros as told by Archmaester Gyldayn, chronicling the conquest that united the Seven Kingdoms under Targaryen rule through to the Dance of the Dragons: the Targaryen civil war that nearly ended their dynasty forever.

THE INSPIRATION FOR HBO AND SKY ATLANTIC'S HOUSE OF THE DRAGON Centuries before A Game of Thrones, an even greater game began, one that set the skies alight with dragon flame and saw the Seven Kingdoms turned to ash. The thrilling history of the Targaryens comes to life in George R.R. Martin's FIRE & BLOOD.

The thrilling history of the Targaryens comes to life in this masterly work by the author of A Song of Ice and Fire, the inspiration for HBO's Game of Thrones. With all the fire and fury fans have come to expect from internationally bestselling author George R.R. Martin, this is the first volume of the definitive two-part history of the Targaryens in Westeros.

Centuries before the events of A Game of Thrones, House Targaryen - the only family of dragonlords to survive the Doom of Valyria - took up residence on Dragonstone. Fire and Blood begins their tale with the legendary Aegon the Conqueror, creator of the Iron Throne, and goes on to recount the generations of Targaryens who fought to hold that iconic seat, all the way up to the civil war that nearly tore their dynasty apart.

What really happened during the Dance of the Dragons? Why was it so deadly to visit Valyria after the Doom? What were Maegor the Cruel's worst crimes? What was it like in Westeros when dragons ruled the skies? These are but a few of the questions answered in this essential chronicle, as related by a learned maester of the Citadel, and featuring more than eighty all-new black-and-white illustrations by artist Doug Wheatley.

With all the scope and grandeur of Gibbon's The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Fire and Blood is the ultimate game of thrones, giving readers a whole new appreciation for the dynamic, often bloody, and always fascinating history of Westeros.

Weight: 1024g
Dimension: 240 x 160 x 60 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780008307738