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A Dance with Dragons
- Book 5 of A Song of Ice and Fire
- Narrated by: Roy Dotrice
- Length: 48 hrs and 53 mins
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A Dance with Dragons is part one of book five in this sweeping epic fantasy audiobook series A Song of Ice and Fire, written by George R. R. Martin and narrated by veteran British actor Roy Dotrice. Now the inspiration behind the major HBO TV series Game of Thrones. Queen Daenerys’ dragons have matured. They have been locked away and are simmering with unimaginable power. Her enemies have found out of their existence. The dragons are loyal to no one. The monstrous army gathering behind the wall of ice and stone continues to grow stronger. Available now from Audible.
Summary
The complete, unabridged audiobook of A Dance with Dragons.
HBO’s hit series Game of Thrones is based on George R. R. Martin’s internationally best-selling series A Song of Ice and Fire, the greatest fantasy epic of the modern age. A Dance with Dragons is the fifth volume in the series.
The future of the Seven Kingdoms hangs in the balance.
In the east, Daenerys, last scion of House Targaryen, her dragons grown to terrifying maturity, rules as queen of a city built on dust and death, beset by enemies.
Now that her whereabouts are known many are seeking Daenerys and her dragons. Among them the dwarf Tyrion Lannister, who has escaped King’s Landing with a price on his head, wrongfully condemned to death for the murder of his nephew, King Joffrey. But not before killing his hated father, Lord Tywin.
To the north lies the great Wall of ice and stone - a structure only as strong as those guarding it. Eddard Stark's bastard son Jon Snow has been elected the 998th Lord Commander of the Night's Watch, but he has enemies both in the Watch and beyond the Wall, where the wildling armies are massing for an assault.
On all sides bitter conflicts are reigniting, played out by a grand cast of outlaws and priests, soldiers and skinchangers, nobles and slaves. The tides of destiny will inevitably lead to the greatest dance of all....
Critic reviews
"In the grand epic fantasy tradition, Martin is by far the best...tense, surging, insomnia-inflicting." (Time magazine)
"An absorbing, exciting read.... Martin's style is so vivid that you will be hooked within a few pages." (The Times)
"The sheer mind-boggling scope of this epic has sent other fantasy writers away shaking their heads.... Its ambition: to construct the Twelve Caesars of fantasy fiction, with characters so venomous they could eat the Borgias." (Guardian)
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- KarenThornton
- 04-10-18
An amazing series
I love these stories and can't wait for the next. There is a lot of variation from the TV series which keeps it interesting.
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- Sam
- 18-04-16
Blimey That Was Slow
Most of this one is setting up the next one. Not much really happens. Dotrice has improved though.
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
- Viv
- 28-03-13
Unmissable for Fantasy readers
A mix of Gormenghast and Tolkien. Enjoyed the narration. Unmissable for readers of Fantasy tales.
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- Hollie McMillan
- 21-05-17
Amazing
I am now a fan of the books more than the show. That was fantastic
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- Shân Ellis Williams
- 06-03-17
Ray Dortrice has lost it!
Amazing book but the accents are all over the shop. Poor Ray now has Welsh Cersei, an Irish Dany and posh Notherners. Really funny if you've listened to all the other books first'
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- H. Edwards
- 03-10-16
The story gets interesting
Glad to have finished these books at last. The story is getting very interesting now.
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- thomas
- 19-07-16
Best story
Is e Best fantasy story of all time and martin captures all the intoxicating complexity of the wars of the roses or imperial Rome
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- JC
- 27-03-19
Great story
Great story. Some of the character's accents made me cringe though. Can't wait for the next book.
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- Anonymous User
- 18-03-19
What are all these Irish OAP’s doing in Westeros?
A continuation of this epic which fills in some gaps nicely. But what is Roy Dotrice up to?! Some of his accents are just plain bonkers - Elderly Dublin widows seem to have taken over the bodies of the Mother of Dragons and Arya Stark... that’s when he remembers what accent he’s given a character for more than about 5 minutes. His ‘story telling voice’ is perfect for the genre though and it’s still well worth listening to for the enormity of the vision and story-writing.
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- mr j a flitton
- 25-11-21
probably the second best in the series
enjoyed listening to this took a while to get through but the story on the whole was very good
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