A Game of Thrones: The Story Continues: The complete boxset of all 6 books (A Song of Ice and Fire)

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Main characters are killed off so that the reader will not rely on the hero to come through unscathed and will instead feel the character's fear with each page turn. Political scheming, backstabbing, familial strife, and bloodshed follow — themes common throughout the entirety of ASoIaF.

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The last chapter he had written was about the "Red Wedding", a pivotal scene notable for its violence (see Themes: Violence and death).Every character is fair game for the headman’s axe (sometimes literally), and not only do the good guys regularly lose out to the bad guys, you’re never exactly sure who you should be cheering for in the first place. Events that you thought Martin was setting up solidly for the first two books are exposed as complex feints; the field quickly narrows after the Battle of the Blackwater and once again, anything goes. The publication of A Game of Thrones caused Martin's following to grow, with fan sites springing up and a Trekkie-like society of followers evolving that meet regularly.

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A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms (The Hedge Knight, The Sworn Sword, The Mystery Knight) 209 AC to 212 AC.According to the Los Angeles Times, "Martin's brilliance in evoking atmosphere through description is an enduring hallmark of his fiction, the settings much more than just props on a painted stage", and the novels captivate readers with "complex storylines, fascinating characters, great dialogue, perfect pacing, and the willingness to kill off even his major characters". After a few more chapters, Martin perceived his new book as a fantasy story [30] and started making maps and genealogies. Beginning with nine POV characters in A Game of Thrones, the number of POV characters grows to a total of 31 in A Dance with Dragons (see table).