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A Dance With Dragons

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  • 2008 first published
  • 1,040 pages
  • ★ 4.3 (43 ratings)
  • 49 editions
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A Dance With Dragons is a 2008 epic fantasy and dragon fantasy novel by George R. R. Martin. The story is set in Westeros and Seven Kingdoms. It features Arya Stark, Bran Stark and Brienne Tarth. Key subjects include Epic, imaginary wars and battles, dragones and magic.

Open Library readers give it an average of 4.3 out of 5 from 43 ratings, and 511 more have it on their want-to-read list. It has been published in 49 editions across 8 languages.

At about 1,040 pages, most readers finish it in 19–20 hours.

About A Dance With Dragons

In the aftermath of a colossal battle, the future of the Seven Kingdoms hangs in the balance once again–beset by newly emerging threats from every direction. In the east, Daenerys Targaryen, the last scion of House Targaryen, rules with her three dragons as queen of a city built on dust and death. But Daenerys has three times three thousand enemies, and many have set out to find her. Yet, as they gather, one young man embarks upon his own quest for the queen, with an entirely different goal in mind. Fleeing from Westeros with a price on his head, Tyrion Lannister, too, is making his way to Daenerys. But his newest allies in this quest are not the rag-tag band they seem, and at their heart lies one who could undo Daenerys’s claim to Westeros forever. To the north lies the mammoth Wall of ice and stone–a structure only as strong as those guarding it. There, Jon Snow, 998th Lord Commander of the Night’s Watch, will face his greatest challenge yet. For he has powerful foes not only within the Watch but also beyond, in the land of the creatures of ice. And from all corners, bitter conflicts soon reignite, intimate betrayals are perpetrated, and a grand cast of outlaws and priests, soldiers and skinchangers, nobles and slaves, will face seemingly insurmountable obstacles. Some will fail, others will grow in the strength of darkness. But in a time of rising restlessness, the tides of destiny and politics will lead inevitably to the greatest dance of all. . . .
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Themes, setting & tropes

Genres

Setting

Characters

  • Arya Stark
  • Bran Stark
  • Brienne Tarth
  • Jeyne Poole
  • Hodor
  • Alys Karstark
  • Arnolf Karstark
  • Cregan Karstark
  • Robett Glover
  • Alysane Mormont

Subjects

  • Seven kingdoms, Imaginary place
  • Epic
  • Fantasy
  • Imaginary wars and battles
  • Adventure
  • Dragones
  • Magic
  • Magia
  • Dragons
  • Epic fantasy
  • Action & Adventure
  • American Fantasy fiction
  • Betrayal
  • Civil war
  • Courts and courtiers
  • Epic fiction

Quick answers

Who wrote A Dance With Dragons?

A Dance With Dragons was written by George R. R. Martin and first published in 2008.

What genre is A Dance With Dragons?

It is usually shelved as Epic Fantasy, Dragon Fiction and Adventure.

How long is A Dance With Dragons?

The median edition has 1,040 pages, about 19–20 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.

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