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FIRE & BLOOD
George R.R. Martin
HarperVoyager
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First published in Great Britain by HarperCollinsPublishers 2018
This revised ebook edition 2020
Copyright © WO & Shade LLC 2018
Illustrations copyright © Penguin Random House LLC 2018, 2020
Interview copyright © WO & Shade LLC and Daniel Jones 2019
Cover illustration © Larry Rostant
Cover design by Claire Ward © HarperCollinsPublishers Ltd 2018
George R.R. Martin asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of this work.
Portions of this book were previously published, some in an abridged form, as:
‘Conquest’, published in The World of Ice and Fire by George R.R. Martin, Elio M. García, Jr., and Linda Antonsson, copyright © WO & Shade LLC 2014;
‘The Sons of the Dragon’, published in The Book of Swords (edited by Gardner Dozois), copyright © WO & Shade LLC 2017;
‘The Princess and the Queen’, published in Dangerous Women (edited by George R.R. Martin and Gardner Dozois), copyright © George R.R. Martin and Gardner Dozois 2013;
‘The Rogue Prince’, published in Rogues (edited by George R.R. Martin and Gardner Dozois), copyright © George R.R. Martin and Gardner Dozois 2014.
A catalogue copy of this book is available from the British Library.
This novel is entirely a work of fiction. The names, characters and incidents portrayed in it are the work of the author’s imagination. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events or localities is entirely coincidental.
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Source ISBN: 9780008402785
Ebook Edition © October 2018 ISBN: 9780008295578
Version: 2020-06-23
for Lenore, Elias, Andrea, and Sid, the Mountain Minions
Contents
Copyright
Dedication
Aegon’s Conquest
Reign of the Dragon—The Wars of King Aegon I
Three Heads Had the Dragon—Governance Under King Aegon I
The Sons of the Dragon
Prince into King—The Ascension of Jaehaerys I
The Year of the Three Brides—49 AC
A Surfeit of Rulers
A Time of Testing—The Realm Remade
Birth, Death, and Betrayal Under King Jaehaerys I
Jaehaerys and Alysanne—Their Triumphs and Tragedies
The Long Reign—Jaehaerys and Alysanne: Policy, Progeny, and Pain
Heirs of the Dragon—A Question of Succession
The Dying of the Dragons—The Blacks and the Greens
The Dying of the Dragons—A Son for a Son
The Dying of the Dragons—The Red Dragon and the Gold
The Dying of the Dragons—Rhaenyra Triumphant
The Dying of the Dragons—Rhaenyra Overthrown
The Dying of the Dragons—The Short, Sad Reign of Aegon II
Aftermath—The Hour of the Wolf
Under the Regents—The Hooded Hand
Under the Regents—War and Peace and Cattle Shows
Under the Regents—The Voyage of Alyn Oakenfist
The Lysene Spring and the End of Regency
Lineages and Family Tree
A Conversation Between George R.R. Martin and Dan Jones
About the Publisher
