Synopsis:
John Willoughby is being pulled
between worlds. Or he is going mad, ‘riding the unicorn’ as his prison
officer colleagues would say. It’s clear to Willoughby it must be the
latter. Disappearing in the middle of his prison shift from among
convicts, appearing in a makeshift medieval encampment for minutes
before tumbling back to the real world, Willoughby believes his mind is
simply breaking apart.
He finds no solace at home, with a
wife who has grown to dislike him and a daughter who can barely hide
her disgust. He’s realised he isn’t worth anyone’s time, barely even his
own, and falls into drinking and violence guaranteed to bring about his
downfall. Except in this other world, in this winter land of
first-settlers he is a man with a purpose, a man upon whom others must
rely. Persuaded to kill a King so as to save a people, Willoughby finds
that in another world, with a second chance he may be the kind of man he
had always wanted to be after all.
Synopsis:
This lavishly illustrated volume
is a comprehensive history of the Seven Kingdoms, providing vividly
constructed accounts of the epic battles, bitter rivalries, and daring
rebellions that lead to the events of A Song of Ice and Fire and HBO’s Game of Thrones.
In a collaboration that’s been years in the making, Martin has teamed
with Elio M. García, Jr., and Linda Antonsson, the founders of the
renowned fan site Westeros.org—perhaps the only people who know this
world almost as well as its visionary creator.
Collected here is all the
accumulated knowledge, scholarly speculation, and inherited folk tales
of maesters and septons, maegi and singers, including
• full-color artwork and maps, with more than 170 original pieces
• full family trees for Houses Stark, Lannister, and Targaryen
• in-depth explorations of the history and culture of Westeros
• 100% all-new material, more than half of which Martin wrote specifically for this book
• full-color artwork and maps, with more than 170 original pieces
• full family trees for Houses Stark, Lannister, and Targaryen
• in-depth explorations of the history and culture of Westeros
• 100% all-new material, more than half of which Martin wrote specifically for this book
Synopsis:
Deep below the University, there
is a dark place. Few people know of it: a broken web of ancient
passageways and abandoned rooms. A young woman lives there, tucked among
the sprawling tunnels of the Underthing, snug in the heart of this
forgotten place.
Her name is Auri, and she is full of mysteries.
The Slow Regard of Silent Things
is a brief, bittersweet glimpse of Auri’s life, a small adventure all
her own. At once joyous and haunting, this story offers a chance to see
the world through Auri’s eyes. And it gives the reader a chance to learn
things that only Auri knows....
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