George R. R. Martin is the #1 New York Times bestselling
author of many novels, including those of the acclaimed series A
Song of Ice and Fire—A Game of Thrones, A Clash of Kings, A Storm
of Swords, A Feast for Crows, and A Dance with Dragons—as well as
Tuf Voyaging, Fevre Dream, The Armageddon Rag, Dying of the Light,
Windhaven (with Lisa Tuttle), and Dreamsongs Volumes I and II. He
is also the creator of The Lands of Ice and Fire, a collection of
maps featuring original artwork from illustrator and cartographer
Jonathan Roberts, and The World of Ice & Fire, with Elio M. García,
Jr., and Linda Antonsson. As a writer-producer, he has worked on
The Twilight Zone, Beauty and the Beast, and various feature films
and pilots that were never made. He lives with the lovely Parris in
Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Doug Wheatley is a comic book artist, concept designer, and
illustrator who has worked on such properties and characters as
Star Wars, Aliens, Superman, The Incredible Hulk, and Conan the
Barbarian, to name just a few. Wheatley was the artist on the comic
book adaptation of the film Star Wars: Episode III: Revenge of the
Sith and contributed illustrations to The World of Ice & Fire.
“I love it so much. Fire & Blood is Martin Unbound . . . and I
couldn’t put it down. . . . There’s an addictive quality to
the prose that’s outright gossipy. . . . The obvious
comparison here is J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Silmarillion. . . . Writing
centuries after the events he’s describing, the Gyldayn voice
complicates this game of thrones with a clash of perspectives and a
storm of debatable facts. . . . Heavy stuff, but Fire & Blood
flies.”—Entertainment Weekly
“A brilliant book . . . vivid, memorable and personal.”—The
Times
“Lean and efficient and slyly seductive and instructive . . . The
text is filled with such a wealth of incident and so many colorful
characters.”—Locus
“The overall narrative of the book is wonderfully fluid. . . . Fire
& Blood was a great surprise to me. I found myself becoming deeply
emotionally invested in the Targaryens, thrilling when they
achieved great victories and lamenting when they succumbed to their
more idiotic desires. (And they have a lot of idiotic desires.)
This book feels like A Song of Ice and Fire. And you know how I
know? Because I want the next book right away.” —Tordotcom
“An absolutely irresistible, dragon-filled delight.”—Bustle
“[There are] treasures hidden in this new Targaryen
history.”—Vanity Fair
“The world of ice and fire only gets more fascinating the more we
learn about it.”—Mashable
“Martin is still a powerfully gifted, inventive writer. . . . [Fire
& Blood] has hundreds of fascinating anecdotes, ranging from the
cruel fate of a jester named Tom Turnip to a dragon that,
tellingly, refuses to venture beyond the Wall. . . . Fire & Blood
is a lavish object, with charts, family trees, and stunning
illustrations by comic book artist Doug Wheatley. . . . In this
sense it fits into a venerable tradition, from J.R.R. Tolkien in
his Silmarillion to Diana Gabaldon in her companion to the
Outlander series.”—USA Today
“[Fire & Blood] explores the dragon-fueled secrets upon which the
current saga is built.”—The Hollywood Reporter
“Martin has done it again. . . . [Fire & Blood is] a beautiful
weaving of the wars, marriages, deaths, dragons, and politics that
shape the world Martin has created, leaving the reader feeling like
this is a true history rather than a piece of fantasy. This is a
masterpiece of world-building. . . . Beyond Martin’s legions of
fans, anyone with a taste for richly, even obsessively detailed
historical fiction or fantasy about royalty will enjoy this
extraordinary work.”—Booklist (starred review)
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