George R R Martin - A Dance With Dragons

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George R. R. Martin



  A DANCE WITH DRAGONS



  Book Five of
A Song of Ice and Fire



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  Dedication

  this one is for my fans

 

for Lodey, Trebla, Stego, Pod,

Caress, Yags, X-Ray and Mr. X,
Kate, Chataya, Mormont, Mich,
Jamie, Vanessa, Ro,
for Stubby, Louise, Agravaine,

Wert, Malt, Jo,

Mouse, Telisiane,Blackfyre,
Bronn Stone, Coyote’s Daughter,
and the rest of the madmen and wild women of
the Brotherhood Without Banners

 

for my website wizards

Elio and Linda, lords of Westeros,
Winter and Fabio of WIC,
and Gibbs of Dragonstone, who started it all

 

for men and women of Asshai in Spain
who sang to us of a bear and a maiden fair
and the fabulous fans of Italywho gave me so much wine
for my readers in Finland, Germany,
Brazil, Portugal, France, and the Netherlands
and all the other distant lands
where you’ve been waiting for this dance

 

and for all the friends and fans

I have yet to meet

 

thanks for your patience




Contents





Dedication



A CAVIL ON CHRONOLOGY



PROLOGUETYRION



DAENERYS



JON



BRAN



TYRION



THE MERCHANT’S MAN



JON



TYRION



DAVOS



JON



DAENERYS



REEK



BRAN



TYRION



DAVOS



DAENERYS



JON



TYRION



DAVOS



REEK



JON



TYRION



DAENERYS



THE LOST LORD



THE WINDBLOWNTHE WAYWARD BRIDE



TYRION



JON



DAVOS



DAENERYS



MELISANDRE



REEK



TYRION



BRAN



JON



DAENERYS



THE PRINCE OF WINTERFELL



THE WATCHER



JON



TYRION



THE TURNCLOAK



THE KING’S PRIZE



DAENERYS



JON



THE BLIND GIRL



A GHOST IN WINTERFELLTYRION



JAIME



JON



DAENERYS



THEON



DAENERYS



JON



CERSEI



THE QUEENSGUARD



THE IRON SUITOR



TYRION



JON



THE DISCARDED KNIGHT



THE SPURNED SUITOR



THE GRIFFIN REBORN



THE SACRIFICE



VICTARION



THE UGLY LITTLE GIRL



CERSEI



TYRIONTHE KINGBREAKER



THE DRAGONTAMER



JON



THE QUEEN’S HAND



DAENERYS



EPILOGUE



 



WESTEROS



    THE BOY KING



    THE KING AT THE WALL



    KING OF THE ISLES AND THE NORTH



 



OTHER HOUSES GREAT AND SMALL



    HOUSE ARRYN



    HOUSE BARATHEON



    HOUSE FREY



    HOUSELANNISTER



    HOUSE MARTELL



    HOUSE STARK



    HOUSE TULLY



    HOUSE TYRELL



    THE SWORN BROTHERS OF THE NIGHT’S WATCH



    the WILDLINGS, or THE FREE FOLK



    BEYOND THE WALL



 



ESSOS BEYOND THE NARROW SEA



    IN BRAAVOS



    IN OLD VOLANTIS



    ON SLAVER’S BAY



    THE QUEEN ACROSSTHE WATER



    THE SELLSWORDS MEN AND WOMEN OF THE FREE COMPANIES



ACKNOWLEDGMENTS



 



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A CAVIL ON CHRONOLOGY



    It has been a while between books, I know. So a reminder may be in order.

The book you hold in your hands is the fifth volume of A Song of Iceand Fire. The fourth volume was A Feast for Crows. However, this volume does not follow that one in the traditional sense, so much as run in tandem with it.

Both Dance and Feast take up the story immediately after the events of the third volume in the series, A Storm of Swords. Whereas Feast focused on events in and around King’s Landing, on the Iron Islands, and down in Dorne, Dance takes...