Song of fire and ice 5th book

His honour weighs him down at court where a true man does what he will, not what he must The old gods have no power in the south, Stark's family is split and there is treachery at court. Worse, a vengeance mad boy has grown to maturity in exile in the Free Cities beyong the sea. Ever since my entry into the heady and wonderful peaks of fantasy literature following the release of the Fellowship of the Ring movie in , I have been hard pressed to find an author greater than the inimitable J. But both authors have fallen short of the sheer scope that Tolkien envisioned and, successfully, created. Since then, I have only come across two authors who have come close to envisioning and successfully carrying out their literary creations to match Tolkien; Steven Erikson and George R. Some authors try, and fail miserably.