The Rise of the Dragon. An Illustrated History of the Targaryen Dynasty. George R.R. Martin

The Rise of the Dragon. An Illustrated History of the Targaryen Dynasty. George R.R. Martin

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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • This lavish visual history—featuring over 180 all-new illustrations—is a stunning introduction to House Targaryen, the iconic family at the heart of HBO’s Game of Thrones prequel series, House of the Dragon.
 
For hundreds of years, the Targaryens sat the Iron Throne of Westeros while their dragons ruled the skies. The story of the only family of dragonlords to survive Valyria’s Doom is a tale of twisty politics, alliances and betrayals, and acts both noble and craven. The Rise of the Dragon chronicles the creation and rise of Targaryen power in Westeros, covering the history first told in George R. R. Martin’s epic Fire & Blood, from Aegon Targaryen’s conquest of Westeros through to the infamous Dance of the Dragons—the bloody civil war that nearly undid Targaryen rule for good.
 
Packed with all-new artwork, the Targaryens—and their dragons—come vividly to life in this deluxe reference book. Perfect for fans steeped in the lore of Westeros, as well as those who first meet the Targaryens in the HBO series House of the Dragon, The Rise of the Dragon provides a must-have overview for anyone looking to learn more about the most powerful family in Westeros.

 

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The World of Ice and Fire. The Untold History of Westeros and the Game of Thrones. George R.R. Martin

The World of Ice and Fire. The Untold History of Westeros and the Game of Thrones. George R.R. Martin

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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Perfect for fans of A Song of Ice and Fire and HBO’s Game of Thrones—an epic history of Westeros and the lands beyond, featuring hundreds of pages of all-new material from George R. R. Martin!

If the past is prologue, then George R. R. Martin’s masterwork—the most inventive and entertaining fantasy saga of our time—warrants one hell of an introduction. At long last, it has arrived with The World of Ice & Fire.

This lavishly illustrated volume isa comprehensive history of the Seven Kingdoms, providing vividly constructed accounts of the epic battles, bitter rivalries, and daring rebellions that lead to the events of A Song of Ice and Fire and HBO’s Game of Thrones. In a collaboration that’s been years in the making, Martin has teamed with Elio M. García, Jr., and Linda Antonsson, the founders of the renowned fan site Westeros.org—perhaps the only people who know this world almost as well as its visionary creator.

Collected here is all the accumulated knowledge, scholarly speculation, and inherited folk tales of maesters and septons, maegi and singers, including
 
• full-color artwork and maps, with more than 170 original pieces
• full family trees for Houses Stark, Lannister, and Targaryen
• in-depth explorations of the history and culture of Westeros
• 100% all-new material, more than half of which Martin wrote specifically for this book

The definitive companion piece to George R. R. Martin’s dazzlingly conceived universe, The World of Ice & Fire is indeed proof that the pen is mightier than a storm of swords.

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The Name of the Wind. The Kingkiller Chronicle. Patrick Rothfuss

The Name of the Wind. The Kingkiller Chronicle. Patrick Rothfuss

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"No one writes about stories like Pat Rothfuss. How the right story at the right time can change the world, how the teller can shape a life." —Lin-Manuel Miranda 

This deluxe, illustrated edition celebrates the New York Times-bestselling series, The Kingkiller Chronicle—a masterful epic fantasy saga that has inspired readers worldwide.

This anniversary hardcover includes more than 50 pages of extra content!
• Beautiful, iconic cover by artist Sam Weber and designer Paul Buckley
• Gorgeous, never-before-seen illustrations by artist Dan Dos Santos
• Detailed and updated world map by artist Nate Taylor
• Brand-new author’s note
• Appendix detailing calendar system and currencies
• Pronunciation guide of names and places

DAY ONE: THE NAME OF THE WIND

My name is Kvothe.

I have stolen princesses back from sleeping barrow kings. I burned down the town of Trebon. I have spent the night with Felurian and left with both my sanity and my life. I was expelled from the University at a younger age than most people are allowed in. I tread paths by moonlight that others fear to speak of during day. I have talked to Gods, loved women, and written songs that make the minstrels weep.

You may have heard of me.

So begins a tale unequaled in fantasy literature—the story of a hero told in his own voice. It is a tale of sorrow, a tale of survival, a tale of one man’s search for meaning in his universe, and how that search, and the indomitable will that drove it, gave birth to a legend.

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The Hero of Ages. The Mistborn Trilogy. The Cosmere. Brandon Sanderson

The Hero of Ages. The Mistborn Trilogy. The Cosmere. Brandon Sanderson

 I'm enjoying "The Hero of Ages," Book Three of the Era One Mistborn Trilogy by Brand on Sanderson.

Now with over 10 million copies sold, The Mistborn Series has the thrills of a heist story, the twistiness of political intrigue, and the epic scale of a landmark fantasy saga.

Vin fulfilled the prophecy and released the power gathered in the Well of Ascension. But it was all a trick, and now the godlike being Ruin has been unleashed on the world, bent on its destruction by earthquake and Fire.

Having escaped death only through becoming a Mistborn himself, Emperor Elend Venture now hopes to find clues left behind by the Lord Ruler that will help them fight back. Legends speak of a hero, but were any prophecies not corrupted? To make up for being duped, Vin must unravel the truth so she can become the Hero of Ages before Ruin can wipe out all life on the planet.

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Patrick Rothfuss. Fantasy Author. The Kingkiller Chronicle. The Wise Man's Fear. by Travis Simpkins

Patrick Rothfuss. Fantasy Author. The Kingkiller Chronicle. The Name of the Wind. by Travis Simpkins

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Fantasy Writer

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The Kingkiller Chronicle

The Name of the Wind (2007)

The Wise Man's Fear (2011)

The Doors of Stone

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Patrick Rothfuss

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Patrick Rothfuss. Fantasy Author. The Kingkiller Chronicle. The Wise Man's Fear. by Travis Simpkins

Brandon Sanderson. Fantasy Author. The Cosmere. The Stormlight Archive. The Way of Kings. by Travis Simpkins

Brandon Sanderson. Fantasy Author. The Cosmere. The Mistborn Saga. The Stormlight Archive. by Travis Simpkins

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Brandon Sanderson

Science Fiction and Fantasy Writer

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The Cosmere

Author of

The Mistborn Saga

The Stormlight Archive

Completed

The Wheel of Time series

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Brandon Sanderson

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Brandon Sanderson. Fantasy Author. The Cosmere. The Stormlight Archive. The Way of Kings. by Travis Simpkins

George R.R. Martin. Author. A Song of Ice and Fire. A Storm of Swords. by Travis Simpkins

George R.R. Martin. Author. A Song of Ice and Fire. Game of Thrones. House of the Dragon. by Travis Simpkins

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George R.R. Martin

George Richard Raymond Martin

Writer and Television Producer

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A Song of Ice and Fire

HBO adaptations include

Game of Thrones

and House of the Dragon

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George R.R. Martin Q&A

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George R.R. Martin. Author. A Song of Ice and Fire. A Storm of Swords. by Travis Simpkins

J.R.R. Tolkien. Author. Philologist. The Silmarillion. by Travis Simpkins

J.R.R. Tolkien. Author. The Hobbit. The Lord of the Rings. by Travis Simpkins

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J.R.R. Tolkien

John Ronald Reuel Tolkien

(1892 - 1973)

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The Hobbit

The Lord of the Rings

The Silmarillion

and other works

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J.R.R. Tolkien. Author. The Silmarillion. by Travis Simpkins

The Well of Ascension. Mistborn Trilogy Era One. Brandon Sanderson. The Cosmere

The Well of Ascension. Mistborn Trilogy Era One. Brandon Sanderson. The Cosmere

 I'm enjoying "The Well of Ascension." Book Two in the Mistborn Trilogy Era One by Brandon Sanderson.

 

Now with over 10 million copies sold, The Mistborn Series has the thrills of a heist story, the twistiness of political intrigue, and the epic scale of a landmark fantasy saga.

They did the impossible, ending the thousand-year reign of the godlike Lord Ruler. Now Vin, the former street urchin turned powerful Mistborn, and Elend Venture, the idealistic young nobleman who loves her, must build a healthy new society in the ashes of an empire.

As tensions grow in the wake of the uprising, an ancient legend seems to offer a glimmer of hope. But even if it really exists, no one knows where to find the Well of Ascension or what manner of power it bestows.

It may just be that killing the Lord Ruler was the easy part. Surviving the aftermath of his fall is going to be the real challenge.

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Mistborn: The Final Empire. Mistborn Trilogy Era One. Brandon Sanderson. The Cosmere

Mistborn: The Final Empire. Mistborn Trilogy Era One. Brandon Sanderson. The Cosmere

 I'm enjoying "Mistborn: The Final Empire" by Brandon Sanderson.

 

Now with over 10 million copies sold, The Mistborn Series has the thrills of a heist story, the twistiness of political intrigue, and the epic scale of a landmark fantasy saga.

Once, a hero arose to save the world. He failed.

Ever since, the world has been a wasteland of ash and mist controlled by the immortal emperor known as the Lord Ruler.

But hope survives. A new uprising is forming, one built around the ultimate caper, the cunning of a brilliant criminal mastermind, and the determination of an unlikely heroine: a street urchin who must learn to master the power of a Mistborn.

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Patrick Rothfuss. Fantasy Author. The Kingkiller Chronicle. The Name of the Wind. by Travis Simpkins

Patrick Rothfuss. Fantasy Author. The Kingkiller Chronicle. The Name of the Wind. by Travis Simpkins

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Patrick Rothfuss

Fantasy Writer

Author of

The Kingkiller Chronicle

The Name of the Wind (2007)

The Wise Man's Fear (2011)

The Doors of Stone

by Travis Simpkins

Patrick Rothfuss

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patrickrothfuss.com

 

Patrick Rothfuss. Fantasy Author. The Kingkiller Chronicle. The Name of the Wind. by Travis Simpkins

Brandon Sanderson. Fantasy Author. The Cosmere. The Mistborn Saga. Mistborn: The Final Empire. by Travis Simpkins

Brandon Sanderson. Fantasy Author. The Cosmere. The Mistborn Saga. The Stormlight Archive. by Travis Simpkins

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Brandon Sanderson

Science Fiction and Fantasy Writer

Creator of

The Cosmere

Author of

The Mistborn Saga

The Stormlight Archive

Completed

The Wheel of Time series

by Travis Simpkins

Brandon Sanderson

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brandonsanderson.com

 

Brandon Sanderson. Fantasy Author. The Cosmere. The Mistborn Saga. Mistborn: The Final Empire. by Travis Simpkins

George R.R. Martin. Author. A Song of Ice and Fire. A Clash of Kings. by Travis Simpkins

George R.R. Martin. Author. A Song of Ice and Fire. Game of Thrones. House of the Dragon. by Travis Simpkins

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George R.R. Martin

George Richard Raymond Martin

Writer and Television Producer

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A Song of Ice and Fire

HBO adaptations include

Game of Thrones

and House of the Dragon

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George R.R. Martin Q&A

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George R.R. Martin. Author. A Song of Ice and Fire. A Clash of Kings. by Travis Simpkins

J.R.R. Tolkien. Author. The Hobbit. by Travis Simpkins

J.R.R. Tolkien. Author. The Hobbit. The Lord of the Rings. by Travis Simpkins

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J.R.R. Tolkien

John Ronald Reuel Tolkien

(1892 - 1973)

Writer and Philologist

Author of

The Hobbit

The Lord of the Rings

The Silmarillion

and other works

by Travis Simpkins

J.R.R. Tolkien Documentary

For more info, please visit:

tolkiensociety.org

 

J.R.R. Tolkien. Author. The Hobbit. by Travis Simpkins

Fire and Blood. The Targaryen Dynasty. George R.R. Martin

Fire and Blood. Targaryen Dynasty. George R.R. Martin. Game of Thrones. A Song of Ice and Fire

 I'm enjoying "Fire & Blood" by George R.R. Martin, the prequel to his "A Song of Ice and Fire" series.

 

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The history of the Targaryens comes to life in this masterly work, the inspiration for HBO’s Game of Thrones prequel series House of the Dragon

“The thrill of Fire & Blood is the thrill of all Martin’s fantasy work: familiar myths debunked, the whole trope table flipped.”—Entertainment Weekly

Centuries before the events of A Game of Thrones, House Targaryen—the only family of dragonlords to survive the Doom of Valyria—took up residence on Dragonstone. Fire & Blood begins their tale with the legendary Aegon the Conqueror, creator of the Iron Throne, and goes on to recount the generations of Targaryens who fought to hold that iconic seat, all the way up to the civil war that nearly tore their dynasty apart.

What really happened during the Dance of the Dragons? Why was it so deadly to visit Valyria after the Doom? What were Maegor the Cruel’s worst crimes? What was it like in Westeros when dragons ruled the skies? These are but a few of the questions answered in this essential chronicle, as related by a learned maester of the Citadel and featuring more than eighty black-and-white illustrations by artist Doug Wheatley. Readers have glimpsed small parts of this narrative in such volumes as The World of Ice & Fire, but now, for the first time, the full tapestry of Targaryen history is revealed.

With all the scope and grandeur of Gibbon’s The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Fire & Blood is the first volume of the definitive two-part history of the Targaryens, giving readers a whole new appreciation for the dynamic, often bloody, and always fascinating history of Westeros.

Praise for Fire & Blood

“A masterpiece of popular historical fiction.” —The Sunday Times

“The saga is a rich and dark one, full of both the title’s promised elements. . . . It’s hard not to thrill to the descriptions of dragons engaging in airborne combat, or the dilemma of whether defeated rulers should ‘bend the knee,’ ‘take the black’ and join the Night’s Watch, or simply meet an inventive and horrible end.”—The Guardian

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The Silmarillion. Illustrated by the Author. J.R.R. Tolkien

The Silmarillion. Illustrated by the Author. J.R.R. Tolkien

 I'm enjoying this edition of "The Silmarillion" illustrated by J.R.R. Tolkien himself.

 

Experience Middle-earth like never before in this special edition of the forerunner to The Lord of the Rings, illustrated throughout in color by J.R.R. Tolkien himself. The Silmarillion is a doorway to the history, mythology, key characters, and defining tales of the early ages of Middle-earth—an essential volume for any Tolkien reader eager for a deeper journey.

The Silmarilli were three perfect jewels, fashioned by Fëanor, most gifted of the Elves, and within them was imprisoned the last Light of the Two Trees of Valinor. But the first Dark Lord, Morgoth, stole the jewels and set them within his iron crown, guarded in the impenetrable fortress of Angband in the north of Middle-earth.

The Silmarillion is the history of the rebellion of Fëanor and his kindred against the gods, their exile from Valinor and return to Middle-earth, and their war, hopeless despite all the heroism, against the great Enemy. It is the ancient drama to which the characters in The Lord of the Rings look back, and in whose events some of them such as Elrond and Galadriel took part.

The book also includes several shorter works: the Ainulindalë, a myth of the Creation, and the Valaquenta, in which the nature and powers of each of the gods is described. The Akallabêth recounts the downfall of the great island kingdom of Númenor at the end of the Second Age, and Of the Rings of Power tells of the great events at the end of the Third Age, as narrated in The Lord of the Rings.

Tolkien could not publish The Silmarillion in his lifetime, as it grew with him, so he would leave it to his son, Christopher Tolkien, to edit the work from many manuscripts and bring his father’s great vision to publishable form, so completing the literary achievement of a lifetime. This special edition presents anew this seminal first step towards mapping out the posthumous publishing of Middle-earth, and the beginning of an illustrious forty years and more than twenty books celebrating his father’s legacy.

This definitive new edition includes, by way of an introduction, a letter written by Tolkien in 1951 which provides a brilliant exposition of the earlier Ages, and for the first time in its history is presented with Tolkien’s own paintings and drawings, which reveal the breathtaking grandeur and beauty of his vision of the First Age of Middle-earth.

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George R.R. Martin. Author. A Song of Ice and Fire. A Game of Thrones. by Travis Simpkins

George R.R. Martin. Author. A Song of Ice and Fire. Game of Thrones. House of the Dragon. by Travis Simpkins

Portrait Sketch of

George R.R. Martin

George Richard Raymond Martin

Writer and Television Producer

Author of

A Song of Ice and Fire

HBO adaptations include

Game of Thrones

and House of the Dragon

by Travis Simpkins

George R.R. Martin Q&A

For more info, please visit:

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George R.R. Martin. Author. A Song of Ice and Fire. A Game of Thrones. by Travis Simpkins

J.R.R. Tolkien. Author. The Lord of the Rings. by Travis Simpkins

J.R.R. Tolkien. Author. The Hobbit. The Lord of the Rings. by Travis Simpkins

Portrait Sketch of

J.R.R. Tolkien

John Ronald Reuel Tolkien

(1892 - 1973)

Writer and Philologist

Author of

The Hobbit

The Lord of the Rings

The Silmarillion

and other works

by Travis Simpkins

J.R.R. Tolkien Documentary

For more info, please visit:

tolkiensociety.org

 

J.R.R. Tolkien. Author. The Lord of the Rings. by Travis Simpkins

H.P. Lovecraft. The Complete Fiction. The Cthulhu Mythos

H.P. Lovecraft. The Complete Fiction. The Cthulhu Mythos. Necronomicon

 

I'm enjoying the Complete Fiction of H.P. Lovecraft.

Said to be inspired by his own nightmares, Lovecraft's writing astounds and terrifies in equal measure. His fiction marry gothic horror with cosmic fantasy, from his early macabre stories to his tales of the dreamlands, and of course, his famous Cthulhu novellas, and have influenced authors from Stephen King to Neil Gaiman.

With contemporary embossed cover-designs, matching color endsheets and a hardcover slipcase, these complete and unabridged tales make the perfect gift or collectible for any fan of the weird and wonderful.

Includes:
• At the Mountains of Madness
• The Dunwich Horror
• The Call of the Cthulhu
• The Shadow over Innsmouth
• Polaris
• The Color Out of Space
• Rats in the Walls


A stunning form of presentation of the all-separately-published stories in the Cthulhu Mythos of the peerless H.P. Lovecraft - called "The Man Who Can Scare Stephen King", and of whom King said, “I think it is beyond doubt that H. P. Lovecraft has yet to be surpassed as the twentieth century’s greatest practitioner of the classic horror tale.” Lovecraft's innate sense of horror - he instilled his native, inescapable sense of dread in his fiction - is best, and most famously, embodied in the Cthulhu Mythos chain of stories.

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The Lord of the Rings. Part Three. The Return of the King. J.R.R. Tolkien

The Lord of the Rings. Part Three. The Return of the King. J.R.R. Tolkien

I'm on to the last leg of the journey... "The Lord of the Rings Part Three: The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien.



The third volume in J.R.R. Tolkien's classic epic fantasy, The Lord of the Rings. This edition of The Return Of The King includes the complete appendices and index for The Lord of the Ringstrilogy.

One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them, One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them.

As the shadow of Mordor grows across the land, the Companions of the Ring have become involved in separate adventures. Aragorn, revealed as the hidden heir of the ancient Kings of the West, has joined with the Riders of Rohan against the forces of Isengard and takes part in the desperate battle of the Hornburg. Merry and Pippin, captured by Orcs, escape into Fangorn Forest and there encounter the Ents.

Gandalf has miraculously returned and defeated the evil wizard, Saruman. Sam has left his master for dead after a battle with the giant spider, Shelob; but Frodo is still alive—now in the foul hands of the Orcs.

Meanwhile, the armies of the Dark Lord are massing as the One Ring draws ever nearer to the Cracks of Doom.

“A triumphant close ... a grand piece of work, grand in both conception and execution. An astonishing imaginative tour de force.”—Daily Telegraph

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