A Clash of Kings

Book 2 of A Song of Ice and Fire

By: George R.R. Martin

Narrated by: Roy Dotrice

HBO’s hit series A GAME OF THRONES is based on George R. R. Martin’s internationally bestselling series A SONG OF ICE AND FIRE, the greatest fantasy epic of the modern age. A CLASH OF KINGS is the second volume in the series.

Throughout Westeros, the cold winds are rising.

From the ancient citadel of Dragonstone to the forbidding lands of Winterfell, chaos reigns as pretenders to the Iron Throne of the Seven Kingdoms stake their claims through tempest, turmoil and war.

As a prophecy of doom cuts across the sky – a comet the colour of blood and flame – five factions struggle for control of a divided land. Brother plots against brother and the dead rise to walk in the night.

Against a backdrop of incest, fratricide, alchemy and murder, the price of glory is measured in blood.

Critic reviews

‘A Game of Thrones grabs hold and won’t let go. It’s brilliant’ Robert Jordan

‘I read my eyes out. I couldn’t stop until I’d finished and it was dawn.’ Anne McCaffrey

‘Colossal, staggering… Martin captures all the intoxicating complexity of the Wars of the Roses or Imperial Rome in his imaginary world… one of the greats of fantasy literature.’ SFX

‘Fantasy literature has never shied away from grandeur, but the sheer-mind-boggling scope of this epic has sent other fantasy writers away shaking their heads… Its ambition: to construct the Twelve Caesars of fantasy fiction, with characters so venomous they could eat the Borgias.’
Guardian

Narration takes some getting used to

A song of ice and fire is by far the best fantasy series I have ever read or listened to. A clash of Kings is a master piece. The only difficulty is the narration can be a little jarring and some of the voices and accents used are terrible. Once past that however its hours of enjoyment

Great

Can't wait to get to a storm of swords, though I fear for the fate of Westeros.

superb!

it is amazing! one ting only, could be better with more than one narrator😀😁 but Roi doitrice is brillant on his own😀

Roy Dotrice is the grandmaster

Roy Dotrice is the grandmaster of audiobooks' performance. Having listened to some non-fiction before, I was at first reluctant to buy fiction audiobooks, but Roy makes the experience so compelling I sometimes felt I was living inside R. R. Martin's legend. Absolutely remarkable!

It's very good. I know, shocker

Look, everything is top notch. Everybody knows asoiaf by now, so there's not much I can add. I have one issue though. While the performance is great in all aspects, some of the pronunciations are a bit off. Either I'm wrong in how Brienne is pronounced, or nobody game the voice talent pronunciation guide, or gave him a wrong one. It's only mildly annoying to me, but if you care greatly you might want to stay away.