A Feast for Crows

A Song of Ice and Fire, Book 4

By: George R.R. Martin

Narrated by: Roy Dotrice

Length: 33 hrs and 51 mins

Publisher's summary

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Few books have captivated the imagination and won the devotion and praise of readers and critics everywhere as has George R. R. Martin’s monumental epic cycle of high fantasy that began with A Game of Thrones. Now, in A Feast for Crows, Martin delivers the long-awaited fourth book of his landmark series, as a kingdom torn asunder finds itself at last on the brink of peace . . . only to be launched on an even more terrifying course of destruction.

A Feast for Crows

It seems too good to be true. After centuries of bitter strife and fatal treachery, the seven powers dividing the land have decimated one another into an uneasy truce. Or so it appears. . . . With the death of the monstrous King Joffrey, Cersei is ruling as regent in King’s Landing. Robb Stark’s demise has broken the back of the Northern rebels, and his siblings are scattered throughout the kingdom like seeds on barren soil. Few legitimate claims to the once desperately sought Iron Throne still exist—or they are held in hands too weak or too distant to wield them effectively. The war, which raged out of control for so long, has burned itself out.

But as in the aftermath of any climactic struggle, it is not long before the survivors, outlaws, renegades, and carrion eaters start to gather, picking over the bones of the dead and fighting for the spoils of the soon-to-be dead. Now in the Seven Kingdoms, as the human crows assemble over a banquet of ashes, daring new plots and dangerous new alliances are formed, while surprising faces—some familiar, others only just appearing—are seen emerging from an ominous twilight of past struggles and chaos to take up the challenges ahead.

©2007 George R.R. Martin (P)2011 Random House

Critic reviews

"Of those who work in the grand epic-fantasy tradition, Martin is by far the best.... [He] is a tense, surging, insomnia-inflicting plotter and a deft and inexhaustible sketcher of personalities.... This is as good a time as any to proclaim him the American Tolkien." ( Time)

"The only fantast series I'd put on a level with J.R.R. Tolkein's The Lord of the Rings…. It's a fantasy series for hip, smart people, even those who don't read fantasy…. If you're new to the series, you must begin with Book 1, A Game of Thrones. Once you're hooked…. you'll be like the rest of us fans, gnawing your knuckles until book 5” (Marta Salij, Detroit Free Press)

“THE MOST impressive modern fantasy, both in terms of conception and execution, is George R.R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire.… A masterpiece that will be mentioned with the great works of fantasy.” ( Contra Costa Times)

love it i have always been a fan of the series

excellent storytelling as usual breakdown of the series love the book a must read this is easy 5 starts looking forward to the next book can't wait

Great Continuation but....

What made the experience of listening to A Feast for Crows the most enjoyable?

It was most enjoyable because it keep the story line of Westeros going.

What three words best describe Roy Dotrice’s voice?

Roy Dotrice did an OK job on Feast of Crows except he forgot the pronunciation of name of important characters, from previous books, such as Catlyn and Gilly. For the first three books he pronounced them as expected, but book four, it seems he forgot how to saw their names.

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

no

wonderful

the story is getting long with too much blood and sex. still an amazing work of fiction

Still a good storyline and some interesting plots.

Still a good storyline, but by the end it feels like an intermediary story. Towards the end it feels like it's setting something up, but it doesn't quite get there.

Not as good as the first three

The book was great! The the reader not so much. Roy has been the reader since the beginning, but this book he changed a lot of the voices and even the pronunciation of some of the names. We especially botches the name Brienne when he switches from bri-enne to Brie-Anne and then back to bri-enne again in the same chapter. Great book just wish the narrator was better.

Good Story

The fourth book in The Song of Fire and Ice. What an engrossing story!! If you have listen to Books 1 through 3, go the distance and continue on!

Not consistent.

This narrator has done all of the game of thrones books in the series so far, but for some reason in this telling he changed all of his voices and changed his pronunciation of some names. Very aggravating.

Kept me listening!

Another great Game of Thrones audio book! Did not disappoint! The narrator kept me hooked.

voices changed

the voice acting quality is still great, however for some unknown reason the voice actor changed almost half the characters voices around. Suddenly characters have completely different tones and accents four books in. made the first few chapters really annoying.

Umm what?

Overall, I really enjoyed this book. The story has really drawn me in. The only thing that keeps bugging me is that the narrator has changed the pronunciation of some of the names and also changed some of the voices. Ex. Petyr is now pronounced like Peter and Arya's voice sounds like an old crone. Kind of offputting.