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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 (9,187 ratings)
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A Storm of Swords

By: George R.R. Martin
Narrated by: Roy Dotrice
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Editor reviews

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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the performance really makes it

it's a long listen, but well worth it! narrator really gets into the characters. definitely recommend

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🤤

Loved it! Loved all of them up to now! About to start a feast for crows, and already have a dance with dragons ready! 😂

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Fantastic

The amazing number of "voices" brought to life by the reader make this book come alive in your mind as much as the films! The descriptions are amazing giving colour, sound and life to the characters, places, costumes and foods. Love it.

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THE GAME CONTINUES

Would you consider the audio edition of A Storm of Swords to be better than the print version?

He brings the stroies to life,Doesnt deviate too much from the TV shows if you have already watched them as I have.Accents are different but true to the TV

What other book might you compare A Storm of Swords to, and why?

All the game of thrones books are wonderful

What does Roy Dotrice bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you had only read the book?

You feel it more,does the accents

If you made a film of this book, what would be the tag line be?

Game........THE REAL STORY

Any additional comments?

Buy them all, you wont be dissapointed

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reverting fantasy goodness

brilliant book. way longer than the others so far but I found it more engaging than the second book

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Gripping

loved the book, I had already read the series in book format and it was just as gripping in audio. Roy's narration was a bit sketchy largely due to the changing of accents and incorrect names but still didn't take from the fabulous story it's self

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WARNING: Not suitable for children

WARNING: Not suitable for children or anyone who believes in basic human rights!

A Song Of Ice And Fire includes sexual assault, rape, incest, peadophilia, child marriage, genital mutilation and other abuses of human rights, respects and dignity.

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An extraordinary bloodbath of an audiobook.

No mercy and very little compassion and yet it's difficult to remove the earpods. Excellent narration.

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amazing probably the best of the 3 so far

I loved the entire franchise and season 3 and 4 are my faviourte tv off all time probably but this is better the best of the books so far and that is saying a lot because the other 2 are outstanding

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Fantastic fiction

Great story better than the tv series. Some of the accents are a little off putting if you have seen the TV version. However the pacing and rich voice make up for the odd cringe accent.

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