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A Feast for Crows (A Song of Ice and Fire)
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN: 9780553582031
ISBN: 0553582038
Label: Spectra
Manufacturer: Spectra
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 784
Publication Date: October 30, 2007
Publisher: Spectra
Release Date: October 30, 2007
Studio: Spectra
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Editorial Review:
Few books have captivated the imagination and won the devotion and praise of readers and critics everywhere as has George R. R. Martin’s monumental epic cycle of high fantasy. Now, in A Feast for Crows, Martin delivers the long-awaited fourth book of his landmark series, as a kingdom torn asunder finds itself at last on the brink of peace...only to be launched on an even more terrifying course of destruction.A Feast for CrowsIt seems too good to be true. After centuries of bitter strife and fatal treachery, the seven powers dividing the land have decimated one another into an uneasy truce. Or so it appears....With the death of the monstrous King Joffrey, Cersei is ruling as regent in King’s Landing. Robb Stark’s demise has broken the back of the Northern rebels, and his siblings are scattered throughout the kingdom like seeds on barren soil. Few legitimate claims to the once desperately sought Iron Throne still exist—or they are held in hands too weak or too distant to wield them effectively. The war, which raged out of control for so long, has burned itself out. But as in the aftermath of any climactic struggle, it is not long before the survivors, outlaws, renegades, and carrion eaters start to gather, picking over the bones of the dead and fighting for the spoils of the soon-to-be dead. Now in the Seven Kingdoms, as the human crows assemble over a banquet of ashes, daring new plots and dangerous new alliances are formed, while surprising faces—some familiar, others only just appearing—are seen emerging from an ominous twilight of past struggles and chaos to take up the challenges ahead. It is a time when the wise and the ambitious, the deceitful and the strong will acquire the skills, the power, and the magic to survive the stark and terrible times that lie before them. It is a time for nobles and commoners, soldiers and sorcerers, assassins and sages to come together and stake their fortunes...and their lives. For at a feast for crows, many are the guests—but only a few are the survivors.
From the Hardcover edition.
George R.R. Martin sold his first story in 1971 and has been writing professionally ever since. He has written fantasy, horror, and science fiction, and for his sins spent ten years in Hollywood as a writer/producer, working on Twilight Zone, Beauty and the Beast, and various feature films and television pilots that were never made. In the mid 90s he returned to prose, his first love, and began work on his epic fantasy series A Song of Ice and Fire. He has been in the Seven Kingdoms ever since. Whenever he's allowed to leave, he returns to Santa Fe, New Mexico, where he lives with the lovely Parris, a big white dog called Mischa, and two cats named Augustus and Caligula who think they run the place.
From the Paperback edition.
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - It all started out so well
The series was off to such a great start. Then, a bunch of things happened. The time between books got longer and longer. The amount of story that happened in each book got less and less. The amount of meaningless content in each book went up.
I agree, that he's lost control of his story. Either he thinks anything he writes can get longer and longer, and that it's excused by that Tolkien quote he uses ("The tale grew in the telling"), or that he can excuse it by saying the book ... Read More
Rating:  - Does not disappoint
A Feast For Crows is written in a quite interesting manor. Essentially, this book (and the next) were written together, but due to the size of the story half of the characters were pulled out and published in book, and the other half will (one would guess) have their stories told in the next. That being said, so long as one is not waiting to read about one or two particular characters (which may or may not have appeared in this book) this book will not disappoint. Martin's writing style is still as ... Read More
Rating:  - Calm Before the Storm!
I thought this was a great continuation of Martin's ground-breaking "fantasy" series. Lots of people have whined about this book on Amazon: "it's too slow, the major players are missing, etc." The whiners miss the point. The story has never been about the major players. You think you know who's important only to have your assumptions dashed.
What I like about this installment (and what likely frustrates others) is the suspense. The whole book is 1,000 pages of gunpowder trails crisscrossing ... Read More
Rating: - AWSOME!
This searies has been phenominal! I just wish the next book would be finished soon.
Rating: - Slower paced but not bad
After the headlong excitement of bloodshed, intrigue, and snappy dialogue that we had in the first three books of the 'Song of Ice and Fire', 'A Feast for Crows' is quite a change. The plot slows down considerably, and not a lot seems to happen between the beginning and the end. This does not, however, ruin the book: on the contrary, though it is certainly the weakest link in the series so far, 'Feast' stands quite well on its own merits.
For one thing, Martin's writing continues to be a pleasure ... Read More
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