A Clash of Kings
A comet burns over a continent at war, and every man who calls himself king is certain the sign belongs to him.
With the old king dead, five men claim the Iron Throne at once and the realm tears along its seams. Martin widens the map here, following a war that burns across a continent while a second conflict gathers in the east and a third waits in the frozen north. This is where the series stops being a family drama and becomes a study of how fast institutions collapse once nobody agrees who is legitimate.
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