A Storm of Swords

A Song of Ice and Fire, Book 3

By: George R.R. Martin

Narrated by: Roy Dotrice

Length: 47 hrs and 34 mins

Publisher's summary

Of the five contenders for power, one is dead, another in disfavor, and still the wars rage as violently as ever, as alliances are made and broken. Joffrey, of House Lannister, sits on the Iron Throne, the uneasy ruler of the land of the Seven Kingdoms. His most bitter rival, Lord Stannis, stands defeated and disgraced, the victim of the jealous sorceress who holds him in her evil thrall. But young Robb, of House Stark, still rules the North from the fortress of Riverrun. Robb plots against his despised Lannister enemies, even as they hold his sister hostage at King's Landing, the seat of the Iron Throne. Meanwhile, making her way across a blood-drenched continent is the exiled queen, Daenerys, mistress of the only three dragons still left in the world....

But as opposing forces maneuver for the final titanic showdown, an army of barbaric wildlings arrives from the outermost line of civilization. In their vanguard is a horde of mythical Others, a supernatural army of the living dead whose animated corpses are unstoppable. As the future of the land hangs in the balance, no one will rest until the Seven Kingdoms have exploded in a veritable storm of swords....

©2000 George R.R. Martin (P)2004 Books On Tape, Inc., published in arrangement with Random House Audio Group, a division of Random House, Inc.

Critic reviews

• Locus Award, 2001

"A riveting continuation of a series whose brilliance continues to dazzle." (The Patriot News)

"I always expect the best from George R. R. Martin, and he always delivers." (Robert Jordan)

I mean if Seasons 3 and 4, were the best

Jaime is my 2nd fav characters I like to read, next to Tyrion. I mean this is the book that the best seasons ( 3 and 4, mostly 3 in my opinion) were adapted from.

Fantastic Entry

I have to say, A Storm of Swords was amazing. So much action and intrigue in this installment from Martin. He gets it all right in this one. I just loved it all from the smallest detail he gave us. Thanks, George!

the story only gets better and better each book

it took a little bit in the first book to get used to the narrator, but by this book he's grown on you and you tend to prefer his narration. the book is wonderful it's got all the best stuff from the show that you remember, the red wedding, joffrey's wedding and other good moments. highly recommend the book read them all they're fantastic so far.

Too good

Masterpiece of writing, performance, production. George R, R. Martin and Roy dotrice are a deadly duo

Great story

A pleasure to listen to, after reading the series twice. Definitely recommend to fans of GOT.

Best in the series (so far)!!

Excellent writing, tons of action, twists and turns, and general grittiness definitely makes this the best in the series so far. Excited to see where everything goes next!

Love George and Roy!

Great book! The narrator was so good that I forgot I was being read to! I will look for more books that he narrates when I finish this series. I read these books in print as they came out and watched the HBO series, but I’ve really enjoyed hearing them and noticed a lot of details that I somehow missed before.

My Favorite book in the series

This book did everything I could have hoped for and more. I’ll probably re listen to it multiple times

Love the narrator

Worth the credit, excited to start the next book right away! The voices the narrator does are entertaining and it helps break up the dense monologues in this book.

Best one of the series!

Great voice acting, the man really gives it his all, definitely brings the more emotional moments to life more than my own imagination could. He’s not just narrating, he’s acting.

Story wise, I think this is the best go the series. It’s dark and violent, like I’m sure you’ve come to expect my from the series, but it’s good.