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  • A Clash of Kings

  • Book 2 of A Song of Ice and Fire
  • By: George R.R. Martin
  • Narrated by: Roy Dotrice
  • Length: 37 hrs and 12 mins
  • 4.8 out of 5 stars (2,742 ratings)

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A Clash of Kings

By: George R.R. Martin
Narrated by: Roy Dotrice
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One of the most read fantasy series in the world, A Song of Ice and Fire, is here in Book 2, A Clash of Kings, written by legendary author George R. R. Martin and in an unabridged audiobook narrated by veteran British actor Roy Dotrice. This phenomenal series has been the inspiration behind the colossal HBO TV series Game of Thrones. The Seven Kingdoms lie in ruin. King Robert is dead and the boy-king rules as a tyrant. Talk of an immense war is seeping throughout the lands. Available now from Audible.

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The complete, unabridged audiobook of A Clash of Kings.

HBO’s hit series A 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 Clash of Kings is the second volume in the series.

Throughout Westeros, the cold winds are rising.

From the ancient citadel of Dragonstone to the forbidding lands of Winterfell, chaos reigns as pretenders to the Iron Throne of the Seven Kingdoms stake their claims through tempest, turmoil and war.

As a prophecy of doom cuts across the sky - a comet the colour of blood and flame - five factions struggle for control of a divided land. Brother plots against brother and the dead rise to walk in the night.

Against a backdrop of incest, fratricide, alchemy and murder, the price of glory is measured in blood.

©2011 George R. R. Martin (P)2011 HarperCollins Publishers Limited

Critic Reviews

"A Game of Thrones grabs hold and won’t let go. It’s brilliant." (Robert Jordan)
"I read my eyes out. I couldn’t stop until I’d finished and it was dawn." (Anne McCaffrey)
"Colossal, staggering… Martin captures all the intoxicating complexity of the Wars of the Roses or Imperial Rome in his imaginary world… one of the greats of fantasy literature." ( SFX)

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  • Ken
  • 10-04-2018

Sack Dotrice

I was harsh in my allocation of one star for performance. Admittedly Dotrice has some talent with voices and story telling, but I'm offended that more care wasn't taken to correct mistakes that he made. Mistakes shouldn't be left in the final cut. Also mispronounciation of character names like Brienne really grates on me after a while.

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Obsessed!

Can't get enough of GRRM. The audio books allow me to work and listen = heaven!

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TTWO DISTINCTIVE ERRORS

GRR Martin insisted on calling the Queen, Queen Regent. Wrong, it is Queen Consort. The term for a supervising male for an underage monarch is Prince Regent. Otherwise, a most enjoyable tale.

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Kings Clash

Yep. Several people claim to be king of this fantasy land. Some violent stuff happens.

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  • Sam
  • 31-01-2016

Very Good

Almost as good as GoT. Took me back to Westeros and I didn't want to leave.

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Great story and great performance.

The complexity and number of characters demands more than a simple reading. It needs a performance. Dotrice succeeds admirably here. The story is excellent and the plot is most satisfactorily advanced from the first book.

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FUCKING BANGING

God dam, THE NARRATOR IS A BEAST DONT DENY IT!! LETS GOOOO LETS GOOO IM SO HAPPY

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Great

Great book naraitor struggled with some words but was mostly okay all in all very good

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Great story great narrator

Great story great narrator. Martins story is beautifully written and perfect for audiobook. Dotrice, like the first book, is the perfect narrator and able to give so many characters their own unique voice.

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Great book

The book is great and the narrative is good but some of the pronunciation choices are quite weird. In what world does "Brienne" pronounced as "Bra-y-in"? I cringed every single time she was mentioned. There are some inconsistent accent choices as well. Some very high-born characters have peasant accents. Accents aside, the emotion and the the flow of the narrative is quite good.

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