HBO’s hit series A GAME OF THRONES is based on George R. R. Martin’s internationally bestselling series A SONG OF ICE AND FIRE, the greatest fantasy epic of the modern age. A GAME OF THRONES is the first volume in the series. Summers span decades. Winter can last a lifetime. And the struggle for the Iron Throne has begun. As Warden of the north, Lord Eddard Stark counts it a curse when King Robert bestows on him the office of the Hand. His honour weighs him down at court where a true man does what he will, not what he must ... and a dead enemy is a thing of beauty. The old gods have no power in the south, Stark’s family is split and there is treachery at court. Worse, the vengeance-mad heir of the deposed Dragon King has grown to maturity in exile in the Free Cities. He claims the Iron Throne.冰与火之歌系列小说第一部《权力的游戏》为HBO剧《权力的游戏》第一季的蓝本，故事从维斯特洛大陆边境处发现远古传说中早已灭绝的生物开始，预示着危险即将到来。而这片大陆的临冬城主暨北境统领艾德·史塔克的家族也迎来了老友兼国王劳勃·拜拉席恩的来访。国王希望艾德·史塔克能担任首相一职，对抗企图夺取铁王座的叛军。危情一触即发，整个王国看似平和的表面下却是波涛暗涌。权高位重的拜拉席恩家族、勇敢善良的史塔克家族、企图谋取王位的坦格利安家族、有着不可告人秘密的兰尼斯特家族。这些家族各怀鬼胎，国王的意外身亡，使国家马上陷入无尽的战乱之中。
