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Interview with the Vampire (Vampire Chronicles)

Anne Rice • 1997

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S D Simper • 2018

The Vampire Lestat (Vampire Chronicles, Book II)

Anne Rice • 1986

<b>#1 <i>New York Times </i>Bestselling author - Surrender to fiction's greatest creature of the night - Book II of the Vampire Chronicles<br><br></b>The vampire hero of Anne Rice’s enthralling novel is a creature of the darkest and richest imagination. Once an aristocrat in the heady days of pre-revolutionary France, now a rock star in the demonic, shimmering 1980s, he rushes through the centuries in search of others like him, seeking answers to the mystery of his eternal, terrifying exsitence. His is a mesmerizing story—passionate, complex, and thrilling.<br><br><b>Praise for <i>The Vampire Lestat</i></b><br>  <br> “Frightening, sensual . . . Anne Rice will live on through the ages of literature. . . . To read her is to become giddy as if spinning through the mind of time, to become lightheaded as if our blood is slowly being drained away.”<i><b>—</b>San Francisco Chronicle</i><br>  <br>“Fiercely ambitious, nothing less than a complete unnatural history of vampires.”<i><b>—</b>The Village<b> </b>Voice</i><br> <i> </i><br> “Brilliant . . . its undead characters are utterly alive.”<i>—The New York Times Book Review</i><br> <i> </i><br>“Luxuriantly created and richly told.”<i>—The Cleveland Plain Dealer</i>

The Vampire Armand

Anne Rice • 1900

A Storm of Swords (A Song of Ice and Fire, Book 3)

George R. R. Martin • 2000

<b>THE BOOK BEHIND THE THIRD SEASON OF <i>GAME OF THRONES,</i> AN ORIGINAL SERIES NOW ON HBO.</b><br><b> </b><br>Here is the third book in the landmark series that has redefined imaginative fiction and become a modern masterpiece.<br> <br><b>A STORM OF SWORDS</b><br> <br>Of the five contenders for power, one is dead, another in disfavor, and still the wars rage. Joffrey sits on the Iron Throne, the uneasy ruler of the Seven Kingdoms. His most bitter rival, Lord Stannis, stands defeated and disgraced, victim of the sorceress who holds him in her thrall. Young Robb still rules the North from the fortress of Riverrun. Meanwhile, making her way across a blood-drenched continent is the exiled queen, Daenerys, mistress of the only three dragons left in the world. As opposing forces maneuver for the final showdown, an army of barbaric wildlings arrives from the outermost limits of civilization, accompanied by a supernatural army of the living dead. As the future of the land hangs in the balance, no one will rest until the Seven Kingdoms have exploded in a veritable storm of swords. . . .<br> <br>A GAME OF THRONES <b>•</b> A CLASH OF KINGS <b>•</b> A STORM OF SWORDS <b>•</b> A FEAST FOR CROWS <b>• </b>A DANCE WITH DRAGONS

A Dance with Dragons: A Song of Ice and Fire: Book 5

George R. R. Martin • 2013

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • THE BOOK BEHIND THE FIFTH SEASON OF THE ACCLAIMED HBO SERIES GAME OF THRONES<br/><br/>NAMED ONE OF PASTE’S BEST FANTASY BOOKS OF THE DECADE<br/><br/>Here is the fifth book in the landmark series that has redefined imaginative fiction and become a modern masterpiece.<br/><br/>A DANCE WITH DRAGONS<br/><br/>In the aftermath of a colossal battle, Daenerys Targaryen rules with her three dragons as queen of a city built on dust and death. But Daenerys has thousands of enemies, and many have set out to find her. Fleeing from Westeros with a price on his head, Tyrion Lannister, too, is making his way east—with new allies who may not be the ragtag band they seem. And in the frozen north, Jon Snow confronts creatures from beyond the Wall of ice and stone, and powerful foes from within the Night’s Watch. In a time of rising restlessness, the tides of destiny and politics lead a grand cast of outlaws and priests, soldiers and skin-changers, nobles and slaves, to the greatest dance of all.<br/><br/>A GAME OF THRONES • A CLASH OF KINGS • A STORM OF SWORDS • A FEAST FOR CROWS • A DANCE WITH DRAGONS

A Feast for Crows (A Song of Ice and Fire, Book 4)

George R. R. Martin • 2005

A Clash of Kings (A Song of Ice and Fire, Book 2)

George R. R. Martin • 2003

THE BOOK BEHIND THE SECOND SEASON OF GAME OF THRONES, AN ORIGINAL SERIES NOW ON HBO.   Here is the second book in the landmark series that has redefined imaginative fiction and become a modern masterpiece. A CLASH OF KINGS   A comet the color of blood and flame cuts across the sky. And from the ancient citadel of Dragonstone to the forbidding shores of Winterfell, chaos reigns. Six factions struggle for control of a divided land and the Iron Throne of the Seven Kingdoms, preparing to stake their claims through tempest, turmoil, and war. It is a tale in which brother plots against brother and the dead rise to walk in the night. Here a princess masquerades as an orphan boy; a knight of the mind prepares a poison for a treacherous sorceress; and wild men descend from the Mountains of the Moon to ravage the countryside. Against a backdrop of incest and fratricide, alchemy and murder, victory may go to the men and women possessed of the coldest steel . . . and the coldest hearts. For when kings clash, the whole land trembles.   A GAME OF THRONES • A CLASH OF KINGS • A STORM OF SWORDS • A FEAST FOR CROWS • A DANCE WITH DRAGONS

A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, Book 1)

George R. R. Martin • 2003

NOW THE ACCLAIMED HBO SERIES GAME OF THRONES <br/> <br/>Nominated as one of America’s best-loved novels by PBS’s The Great American Read <br/> <br/>From a master of contemporary fantasy comes the first novel of a landmark series unlike any you’ve ever read before. With A Game of Thrones, George R. R. Martin has launched a genuine masterpiece, bringing together the best the genre has to offer. Mystery, intrigue, romance, and adventure fill the pages of this magnificent saga, the first volume in an epic series sure to delight fantasy fans everywhere. <br/> <br/>A GAME OF THRONES <br/>A SONG OF ICE AND FIRE: BOOK ONE <br/> <br/>Long ago, in a time forgotten, a preternatural event threw the seasons out of balance. In a land where summers can last decades and winters a lifetime, trouble is brewing. The cold is returning, and in the frozen wastes to the north of Winterfell, sinister forces are massing beyond the kingdom’s protective Wall. To the south, the king’s powers are failing—his most trusted adviser dead under mysterious circumstances and his enemies emerging from the shadows of the throne. At the center of the conflict lie the Starks of Winterfell, a family as harsh and unyielding as the frozen land they were born to. Now Lord Eddard Stark is reluctantly summoned to serve as the king’s new Hand, an appointment that threatens to sunder not only his family but the kingdom itself. <br/> <br/>Sweeping from a harsh land of cold to a summertime kingdom of epicurean plenty, A Game of Thrones tells a tale of lords and ladies, soldiers and sorcerers, assassins and bastards, who come together in a time of grim omens. Here an enigmatic band of warriors bear swords of no human metal; a tribe of fierce wildlings carry men off into madness; a cruel young dragon prince barters his sister to win back his throne; a child is lost in the twilight between life and death; and a determined woman undertakes a treacherous journey to protect all she holds dear. Amid plots and counter-plots, tragedy and betrayal, victory and terror, allies and enemies, the fate of the Starks hangs perilously in the balance, as each side endeavors to win that deadliest of conflicts: the game of thrones. <br/> <br/>Unparalleled in scope and execution, A Game of Thrones is one of those rare reading experiences that catch you up from the opening pages, won’t let you go until the end, and leave you yearning for more. <br/> <br/>Source: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/108336/a-game-of-thrones-hbo-tie-in-edition-by-george-r-r-martin/9780553897845/