The most successful series of our time - volumes 1 and 2 of A Song of Ice and Fire as a special unabridged edition. Eddard Stark, the Lord of Winterfell, is summoned to the court of his king to serve as an advisor and confidant. However, schemers, assassins, and ruthless nobles gather around the throne, whose whispers the weak king cannot withstand. While Eddard finds himself surrounded by powerful enemies, his son, the future ruler of the North, faces an ancient dark power.