• A Dance with Dragons

  • A Song of Ice and Fire, Book 5
  • By: George R.R. Martin
  • Narrated by: Roy Dotrice
  • Length: 48 hrs and 55 mins
  • 4.7 out of 5 stars (58,498 ratings)

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A Dance with Dragons

By: George R.R. Martin
Narrated by: Roy Dotrice
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Publisher's summary

Dubbed the American Tolkien by Time magazine, George R. R. Martin has earned international acclaim for his monumental cycle of epic fantasy. Now the number-one New York Times best-selling author delivers the fifth book in his spellbinding landmark series - as both familiar faces and surprising new forces vie for a foothold in a fragmented empire.

In the aftermath of a colossal battle, the future of the Seven Kingdoms hangs in the balance once again - beset by newly emerging threats from every direction. In the east, Daenerys Targaryen, the last scion of House Targaryen, rules with her three dragons as queen of a city built on dust and death. But Daenerys has three times 3,000 enemies, and many have set out to find her. Yet, as they gather, one young man embarks upon his own quest for the queen, with an entirely different goal in mind.

To the north lies the mammoth Wall of ice and stone - a structure only as strong as those guarding it. There, Jon Snow, 998th Lord Commander of the Nights Watch, will face his greatest challenge yet. For he has powerful foes not only within the Watch but also beyond, in the land of the creatures of ice.

And from all corners, bitter conflicts soon reignite, intimate betrayals are perpetrated, and a grand cast of outlaws and priests, soldiers and skinchangers, nobles and slaves, will face seemingly insurmountable obstacles. Some will fail, others will grow in the strength of darkness. But in a time of rising restlessness, the tides of destiny and politics will lead inevitably to the greatest dance of all.

Enchanted? Check out the rest of George R.R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire series.
©2011 George R.R. Martin (P)2011 Random House

Critic reviews

"Filled with vividly rendered set pieces, unexpected turnings, assorted cliffhangers and moments of appalling cruelty, A Dance with Dragons is epic fantasy as it should be written: passionate, compelling, convincingly detailed and thoroughly imagined." (The Washington Post)

"Long live George Martin...a literary dervish, enthralled by complicated characters and vivid language, and bursting with the wild vision of the very best tale tellers." (The New York Times)

"One of the best series in the history of fantasy." (Los Angeles Times)

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No Pay-Off

on and on an on and on and on and on and on and on with no pay off. A complete waste of time. 48 hours of unnecessary overly detailed dialogue leading to nothing. I wish I could get a refund for all of the credits I bought while trying to get through the final book of this GOT dog.

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Great book (now I have to wait for the 6th one)

Great book except for chapter names being confusing at times, and the narrator seems to have forgotten the voices he gave the characters in the previous books.

Without getting into spoilers too much the only bad thing about this is stuff that happened towards the end that I now have to wait like a year till the 6th book is out to see what happened after

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better than the series!!!!

plots within plots within plots. Now if only I could read winds of winter........ still waiting

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phenomenal

Roy dotrice handles the epic undertaking of doing Justice to these books better than anyone could.

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Love it. Can't wait for the next one!

This is such an awesome book. I love the show, but these books are amazing! I can't wait for the next 2 books!

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loved it

I really enjoyed this book. I look forward to the next one in the series.

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the worst part waiting for the next one

amazing full of twists and turns setting it's self apart from the show yet still familiar. the story is far beyond anything else and the voice of Roy dotrice is a perfect fit

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Meh

Roy Dotrice dropped the ball on this one. He totally changed the voices of many characters. Not his best work. And this story has too many storylines.

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amazing book, why so many production changes?

I read the reviews and thought people were being too critical of the change of voices. But it really was jarring to have to relearn everything on the fly. There was strange awkward pauses in the chapters too. all in all it still was a great listen

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Discrepancies

I'm very confused by a couple of discrepancies, book 4 ended with Sam Tarley being in Old Town with Gilley, however when book 5 starts both are at the wall still and it repeats the events leading up to their departures from a different point of view... also John Snow knows the name of Bran's direwolf, Summer, but Bran didn't name his wolf until he woke up from his fall and John was already at the wall at that point. I'm still listening to this book so I will edit my review when I'm done. The voices are wrong in this book as well as book 4. I feel like the writing got a little slack he started using words like virgin and mile which are not used in the other books, in the other books maiden and leagues were used instead

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